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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter Usher go to see Mr. Dixon about?
(a) Commissioning Peter for a painting.
(b) Showing Peter's work in his gallery.
(c) Finding out gossip about Lampeth.
(d) Selling one of Peter's paintings.

2. What does Dee want to write her thesis about?
(a) The relationship between art and experience.
(b) The relationship between art and drugs.
(c) The relationship between drugs and literature.
(d) The relationship between art and youth.

3. What does the telegram reference that Dee receives?
(a) Results of an exam.
(b) A notice to come home immediately.
(c) A tragedy in her family.
(d) An acceptance into a Ph. D. program.

4. How does the baker look at the girl who comes in for fresh bread in the opening of the story?
(a) Lustfully.
(b) Hauntingly.
(c) Suspiciously.
(d) Angrily.

5. What do Mad Mitch, Peter and Anne all do together in Peter's house?
(a) Tell stories of art school.
(b) Make a fancy meal.
(c) Get drunk.
(d) Paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anita want Samantha to do for herself?

2. Why does Julian drive to Samantha's house after he leaves his father-in-law?

3. Who does Lampeth receive a postcard from?

4. Whose painting does Mad Mitch and Peter recreate in the contest?

5. What does Mad Mitch respond when Peter asks him what he thinks of his painting?

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