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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Marcel Proust Meets the New Jersey Tailgater, and Survives.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator imagine killing him as he tried to evade the tailgater?
(a) A hitchhiker.
(b) A 1951 Studebaker.
(c) A semi.
(d) The tailgater.

2. What was the truck in front of the narrator carrying?
(a) Tires.
(b) Chemicals.
(c) Flattened cars.
(d) Milk.

3. According to the narrator, American culture builds up what kind of ideas?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Utopian.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Implausible.

4. How did the narrator pay for college expenses?
(a) Scholarships.
(b) GI Bill.
(c) Bank student loans.
(d) Trust fund.

5. What does the narrator think as he is stalled in this chapter?
(a) How each generation attacks the next.
(b) How much his head hurts.
(c) How much beer he has at home.
(d) What he is going to have for dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator as this chapter begins?

2. With whom does the narrator share his favorite snack?

3. In what city landmark is the narrator stalled?

4. In what conditions did Balzac write?

5. Where does the narrator think many great ideas are invented?

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