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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Dialectic" - "Words and Music".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the ladies that plait hair from in "The Lazy River"?
(a) Senegal and Gambia.
(b) Algeria and Tourret.
(c) South Africa and France.
(d) Paris and London.

2. Who is the girl from Mumbai that Monica treated like a muse after Darryl for some time in "Sentimental Education"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Bunny.
(c) Anna.
(d) Emily.

3. On what street near Marcus Garvey Park is Miss Wendy English described in “Words and Music”?
(a) 123rd Street.
(b) 42nd Street.
(c) 16th Street.
(d) 23rd Street.

4. Darryl and Leon had been friends since what age, according to the narrative in "Sentimental Education"?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. What does the woman say she would like to be on good terms with in the opening of "The Dialectic"?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) All animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wendy English's sister?

2. Who is described on the piano at the Vanguard last night in “Words and Music”?

3. The narrator in "Sentimental Education" says, "Choices made over time present themselves as branches running off the solid oaks that line the overground route to" where (11)?

4. What is the woman eating while sitting on the beach with her daughter in "The Dialectic"?

5. Where did Monica's mother buy the fake Senufo stool that she kept with her after leaving home?

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