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Calvin Trillin

About Alice Quiz

Calvin Trillin
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About Alice Quiz

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1)

What is the name of the City College program in which Alice teaches under-prepared students? (from Chapters 4-6)

STAT.
CUNY.
CITY.
SEEK.
2)

According to Trillin, Alice always says what about parents? (from Chapters 7-8)

Parents should be required to undergo mental health evaluations.
Parents have a huge influence on children when it comes to the big things.
Helicopter parents should be jailed.
Absentee parents are criminals.
3)

Where does Calvin and Alice have a summer home? (from Chapters 4-6)

Nova Scotia.
Greenwich Village.
California.
Long Island.
4)

What is one of the most negative words that Alice uses to describe a person? (from Chapters 4-6)

Ugly.
Aggressive.
Stupid.
Passive.
5)

In what publication is Alice's op-ed article on the subject of a smoking ban in New York City published? (from Chapters 4-6)

The Daily News.
The New Yorker.
The Times.
The Nation.
6)

According to Calvin, his father is appalled by what kind of people? (from Chapters 4-6)

People who can't even afford sending their children to college spending money on fur coats.
People who can't even afford a cleaning woman living in a house that has to be rented most summers to pay the taxes.
People who can't even afford groceries spending money on a cleaning woman.
People who can't even afford rent traveling to Italy.
7)

What type of child does Alice gravitate toward at the the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp? (from Chapters 7-8)

The child who is the loudest.
The child who has the biggest chip on his or her shoulder.
The child who has the most fun.
The child who needs the most help.
8)

Trillin states that he tells people he tries to instill the following values in his daughters: (from Chapters 7-8)

Modesty and selflessness.
Frugality and conformity.
Selfishness and rapaciousness.
Holiness and hygiene.
9)

Calvin states that among married couples, the one who makes out the mortgage check is more like to do what? (from Chapters 4-6)

Be more successful.
Be more generous.
Be more relaxed about spending money.
Be more cautious about spending money.
10)

What is the Alice Tax? (from Chapters 4-6)

A fee that Alice charges her husband for reading his rough drafts.
An idea for raising funds through college alumni associations.
An idea to place a limit on how much money people keep for themselves.
A fine assessed to her children when they behave badly.
11)

What programming does Alice produce for PBS? (from Chapters 7-8)

A series on Mina Shaughnessy.
A series on the New York City Police Department.
A series on the declining educational standards in the United States.
A series for children on visual and performing arts.
12)

What is one of Alice's pet peeves? (from Chapters 4-6)

Cigarette companies that give young people the impression that smoking is cool.
Spending money on clothes.
Getting speeding tickets.
Traveling to foreign countries.
13)

Which of the following statements about Alice is true? (from Chapters 4-6)

She is a chain-smoker.
She hates cigarettes.
She promotes the idea of cigarette lounges in New York City.
She fights for smoker's rights.
14)

According to Trillin, when Alice is being wheeled into the operating room for her bypass surgery, she ... (from Chapters 7-8)

Is smiling and enthusiastic.
Is playing solitare, her favorite game.
Is grilling the doctor on his political affiliation.
Is hysterically crying.
15)

In chapter four, an encounter is described taking place in an elevator between Alice and a young boy with cancer. What does he say about her type of cancer? (from Chapters 4-6)

"That's a dragon you can't slay."
"That's bad."
"That's the worst kind."
"They treat that like the common cold."
16)

What is a Trillin family motto? (from Chapters 7-8)

Pull Up Your Socks.
Get With The Program.
Put Up Or Shut Up.
Grow Up.
17)

Where is Abigail's wedding reception? (from Chapters 7-8)

A dim-sum parlor in Chinatown.
The Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
A park in San Francisco.
A hotel in Tokyo.
18)

In chapter five, Trillin states that he once gives a speech at the annual dinner for which organization? (from Chapters 4-6)

Yale Senior Society.
Yale University.
The Yale Westchester Alumni Association.
Yale-Newhaven Hospital.
19)

What dance surprises the waiters at Abigail's wedding reception? (from Chapters 7-8)

The Macarena.
The horah.
The chicken dance.
The limbo.
20)

In 1976, one thing that troubles Trillin about the prospect of losing his wife is: (from Chapters 7-8)

That he cannot imagine himself cooking every meal for his girls.
That he cannot imagine trusting anyone else to be involved in raising their girls.
That he cannot imagine teaching his girls how to drive in New York City without Alice's help.
That he cannot imagine helping the girls with their homework on his own.
21)

In chapter six, what does a carpenter named Frank tell Alice during her home renovation project? (from Chapters 4-6)

It's going to be worth the trouble. Your children grow up here.
I broke the banister.
I underestimate the amount of money this project costs you.
Sooner or later, we're all going to leave, and this is going to be your place.
22)

What wi the parenting theory that Alice and Calvin share? (from Chapters 7-8)

Your children are either the center of your life or they are not.
Your children should live at home until they get married.
Your children should not watch TV.
Your children are either born intellectuals or athletes.
23)

What is Alice's professional background? (from Chapters 4-6)

Alice is a politician.
Alice is a film editor.
Alice is an English professor.
Alice is a model and actress.
24)

Which one of the following values does Alice NOT teach her children, according to Trillin? (from Chapters 7-8)

Find meaning in the work you do.
Worry about being kind and generous to people.
Smoking is a personal freedom that should be defended and protected.
Do not over-value financial success.
25)

Trillin states that his goddaughter marries into a family with some involvement in what kind of industry? (from Chapters 4-6)

Cigarette.
Fashion.
Pharmaceutical.
Automotive.
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