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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 Swift.
(b) Jonathan Safran Foer.
(c) Jonathan Sears.
(d) Jonathan Franzen.

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

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 own grades in college.
(c) His father's recent angioplasty.
(d) His brother's upcoming wedding.

4. What were some things the speaker's father's doctor advised him against doing due to the emotional stress these things caused him?
(a) Driving during rush hour or answering the phone.
(b) Running or arguing with his wife.
(c) Cooking dinner or cleaning the house.
(d) Watching Orioles games or thinking of the current administration.

5. What is the speaker's response to "Jonathan" when followed by a pedal point in the example he uses?
(a) I know.
(b) Be quiet.
(c) Say no more.
(d) Leave me alone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?

3. What does the speaker say low points tend to do in his communication with family?

4. What is the subject of the discussion the speaker uses to exemplify use of the low point?

5. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?

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