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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miss Sampson asks the previous question in order to
(a) Determine whether or not she will like Sedaris.
(b) Get Sedaris talking so she might hear his lisp.
(c) Trick Sedaris into revealing his disdain for sports.
(d) Provoke an argument about football.

2. Sedaris' first artistic success takes the form of
(a) A frying pan full of toy soldiers.
(b) Two wooden crates filled with garbage.
(c) A nest of human hair.
(d) Toe nail clippings.

3. Mr. Mancini makes Sedaris uncomfortable by constantly referring to
(a) Jazz musicians.
(b) Men and sex.
(c) Women and sex.
(d) Popular songs Sedaris does not know.

4. The irony of the fisherman's position is that
(a) They are not even trying to be tan.
(b) They can no longer fish in the ocean.
(c) They can understand Lou Sedaris' scientific equations.
(d) They can no longer afford to live by the beach.

5. The scientific term Sedaris fears his father will use is
(a) Pi.
(b) Bazillion.
(c) Aquatics.
(d) Googolplex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rather than sports, Sedaris states that he and his fellow speech therapy students were more interested in

2. Sedaris' father asks him if he knows

3. Sedaris resents his father's approach toward art because

4. Sedaris discovers that most of the boys in speech therapy are

5. Lou Sedaris busies himself

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