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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Preface to The Child Runs Deep in Filidor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator claim novels are properly read?
(a) From cover to cover.
(b) Novels are never properly read.
(c) In parts.
(d) One page at a time.

2. What does the narrator extol for creating mythology?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Character.

3. How do the children react when they read Pimko's notes about their behavior?
(a) They are excited.
(b) They are confused.
(c) They are outraged.
(d) They are apathetic.

4. How does Syphon rally his men when they seem to dwindle in the schoolyard fight?
(a) He screams curses at them.
(b) He sings to them.
(c) He threatens them.
(d) He ignores them.

5. Who do the children on the playground think Pimko is when they see him writing notes in hiding?
(a) A police officer.
(b) The school inspector.
(c) An escaped criminal.
(d) The school nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which verb does the teacher want the students to translate even though they are not interested?

2. Which of the following groups of people does Kneadus praise?

3. What does the narrator think will happen to a novel in which the first word is heroic?

4. Which of the following groups of people does not have major control over Joey's opinion of himself?

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Doctor T. Pimko?

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