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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?
(a) The girl or his mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His jewish heritage.
(d) His family health history.

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

4. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?
(a) Almost daily.
(b) Once a week.
(c) At every holiday.
(d) Never.

5. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?
(a) That guy was a jerk.
(b) It's never, ever worth it.
(c) I should have stood up to him.
(d) Don't be a whimp like your old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

2. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

3. What symbol represents the pedal point?

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

5. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

(see the answer key)

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