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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the severed web mean, approximately?
(a) I see you.
(b) I need you.
(c) I loathe you.
(d) I love you.

5. Why does the speaker think he has become a yes man?
(a) He has low self-esteem.
(b) He likes to keep busy.
(c) He is afraid of dying.
(d) He likes to make people happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?

2. What symbol represents "the end of a unique familial phrase" (5)?

3. When is the reversible colon used?

4. What did the speaker's brother learn after he ended up in intensive care several weeks ago?

5. What does the willed silence mark signify?

(see the answer key)

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