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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. Rather than sports, Sedaris states that he and his fellow speech therapy students were more interested in
(a) Studying and graduating early.
(b) Baking, making scrapbooks, and doing art projects.
(c) Playing video games.
(d) Fighting and lifting weights.

2. Sedaris confesses his desire to perform what songs before an audience?
(a) Jazz classics.
(b) Commercial jingles.
(c) Pop songs.
(d) Blues classics.

3. Sedaris' mother might be described as
(a) An inventor.
(b) Visionary.
(c) A theorist.
(d) Pragmatic.

4. What prompts Lou Sedaris to enroll his children in music lessons?
(a) He attends a concert for the Von Trapp Family Singers.
(b) He attends a concert for Dave Brubeck and his sons.
(c) He attends a jazz festival with his children.
(d) His attends a rock concert with his children.

5. The title Sedaris tried to win for sun-bathing was
(a) Miss Sunburn.
(b) Miss Emollient.
(c) Miss Skin Cancer.
(d) Miss Sunscreen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The irony of the fisherman's position is that

3. Sedaris describes his guitar teacher as

4. What instrument does Sedaris' father choose for him?

5. Where music is concerned, Sedaris' father could be described as a

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