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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the original use of a lowpoint then to create?
(a) The low point lull.
(b) The low point silence.
(c) The low point challenge.
(d) The low point chain.

2. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?
(a) An exclamation point with a X over it.
(b) A sideways exclamation point.
(c) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.
(d) An upside down exclamation point.

3. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His grandmother.

4. Which symbol represents the corroboration mark?
(a) The smiley face.
(b) The snowflake.
(c) The heart.
(d) The exclamation point.

5. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?
(a) His own grades in college.
(b) His father's recent angioplasty.
(c) His brother's upcoming wedding.
(d) His father's recent job loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?

2. What sentence is NOT used as an example of when the reversible colon is appropriate?

3. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?

4. What does the silence mark signify?

5. What recurring dreams did the speaker's father have?

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