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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Peggy think poets resemble?
(a) Street people.
(b) Morticians.
(c) Bookkeepers.
(d) Surgeons.

2. How do Peggy’s parents treat her children?
(a) They ignore them.
(b) They spoil them.
(c) They browbeat them.
(d) They lecture them.

3. Where did Lee Fleming go to college?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Provincetown.
(d) Atlanta.

4. What did Lee get instead of a salary from Stillwater College?
(a) Money for a literary magazine.
(b) A travel allowance.
(c) Immunity from sexual harassment complaints.
(d) Control over hiring and firing in the English department.

5. How does Peggy characterize the poets who come to visit Lee?
(a) Bullshitting parasites.
(b) Foul-mouthed gods.
(c) Lazy loafers.
(d) Posers and frauds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the style of the house Lee lives in near Stillwater College?

2. What is Karen’s real name?

3. What excuse does Peggy use for getting Karen Brown’s birth certificate?

4. What is Peggy’s father’s line of work?

5. Where is Mislaid set?

(see the answer key)

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