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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, pgs. 281-321.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the discussion at the bar regarding the riots, it becomes clear that _____
(a) Bellona does whatever it wants.
(b) No one cares what people on the outside actually think of Bellona.
(c) No one reads outside information about Bellona or the riots.
(d) No one cares that riots happen.

2. The next day, while Mrs. Richards and Kidd talk, what happens?
(a) Bobby Richards falls down the elevator shaft.
(b) Mrs. Richards accuses Kidd of stealing things from their apartment.
(c) June screams and punches Kidd.
(d) Mrs. Richards has another episode.

3. What is the first line of the novel Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany?
(a) To wound the autumnal city.
(b) Hall of mirrors.
(c) So howled out for the world to give him a name.
(d) The in-dark answered with wind.

4. Why does Lanya say that she has stopped painting?
(a) She had a mental block while living in New York City.
(b) She ran out of money to buy materials.
(c) She forgot how to paint.
(d) She hates everything she makes.

5. Who is Ernest Newboy?
(a) A local hero.
(b) An apartment building owner.
(c) A famous poet visiting Bellona by invitation of Roger Calkins.
(d) A gambler who has lost a lot of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what do the women ask him questions?

2. To whom does Lanya want to show Kidd's poems?

3. Why does Kidd go back to the park commune?

4. Who does Kidd help to deliver papers on a paper route?

5. Why do riots begin in Bellona?

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