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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 in the past.
(b) As a circumstance of birth.
(c) As not that big of a deal.
(d) As the act of a troubled mind.

2. With whom has Maurice been having an affair, as he tells Edith in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Maja.
(b) Adele.
(c) Leona.
(d) Alysse.

3. From what novel does Maurice read when speaking to Edith's class in Part II, Chapter 3?
(a) Fear.
(b) The Treehouse.
(c) Two Germans.
(d) The Tribesman.

4. What does Erich ask the waitress to do in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) Send a bottle of champagne to Maurice.
(b) Split the check between him and Maurice.
(c) Bring the manager over.
(d) Take a photo of him and Maurice.

5. What class is Edith teaching?
(a) Critical writing.
(b) Creative writing.
(c) Theories of writing.
(d) Rhetoric.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erich finds Maurice increasingly what in Part I, Chapter 7?

2. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what does Maurice look forward to regarding his son?

3. Which of Edith's students refuses to accept constructive criticism?

4. To what city do Maurice and Erich travel in Part II, Chapter 3?

5. In what year does the second interlude take place?

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