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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

2. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing his work.
(b) When discussing family history of heart disease.
(c) When discussing life in Europe before the war.
(d) When discussing his relationship with his wife.

3. What does the silence mark signify?
(a) Confusion.
(b) A moment of meditation.
(c) Absence of language.
(d) Quieting someone.

4. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?
(a) Jonathan Sears.
(b) Jonathan Franzen.
(c) Jonathan Swift.
(d) Jonathan Safran Foer.

5. What does the unxclamation indicate?
(a) Shooshing someone.
(b) A whisper.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Annoyance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

2. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

3. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?

4. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

5. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?

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