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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?
(a) Circle.
(b) Triangle.
(c) Square.
(d) Rhombus.

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

4. What does the willed silence mark signify?
(a) A signal to be quiet.
(b) Loss for words.
(c) Intentional silence.
(d) Unintentional silence.

5. What does the pedal point signify?
(a) An interrupted thought.
(b) A thought that never ends.
(c) A thought that dissolves into a suggestive silence.
(d) An incomplete thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

2. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?

3. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?

4. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?

5. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

(see the answer key)

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