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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Interlude: The Threatened Animal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gore describe what happened during Erich Ackermann's youth?
(a) As not that big of a deal.
(b) As the act of a troubled mind.
(c) As a circumstance of birth.
(d) As in the past.

2. What job does Erich offer Maurice in Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) His agent.
(b) His social media manager.
(c) His assistant.
(d) His editor.

3. What does Edith ask the head of her department in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) If she might have a guest speaker.
(b) If she might take some vacation time.
(c) If she might extend her teaching career.
(d) If she might end the semester early.

4. What is the name of Maurice's first published short story, as he shows Erich in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) "Blue."
(b) "Red."
(c) "Yellow."
(d) "Green."

5. What plan did Oskar tell Erich, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 6?
(a) Oskar was planning to enter the army.
(b) Oskar was planning to enter art school.
(c) Oskar was planning to ask Alysse to marry him.
(d) Oskar was planning to flee Germany with Alysse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Maurice's son during the second interlude?

2. Whom does Erich see with a bottle of champagne in Part II, Chapter 4?

3. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what is the name given to the room where the rejected stories are stored?

4. What condition does Maurice's son suffer from?

5. Which author forgets having met Maurice in Part II, Chapter 3?

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