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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is extremely dynamic in Antigua?
(a) The culture and lifestyles.
(b) The English.
(c) The tourists.
(d) The narrator.

2. What do the Antiguans celebrate as a holiday?
(a) The day that Antigua became a country.
(b) The founding of the Mill Reef Club.
(c) Queen Victoria's birthday.
(d) Their emancipation.

3. What does the narrator speak about to the lady whose family established the Mill Reef Club?
(a) Electing a new Prime Minister.
(b) Her family's history.
(c) Purchasing Antigua's slave records.
(d) Restoring the library.

4. What laws does the narrator recall being passed in her youth?
(a) Laws to prevent abusive language.
(b) Laws prohibiting women from reading.
(c) Laws to prevent natives from entering public buildings.
(d) Laws allowing the government to embezzle money.

5. What does the narrator criticize about Antigua in Section 4?
(a) The grass and cows.
(b) The efforts at Enlightenment made by the English.
(c) The Antiguans' stupidity.
(d) The government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who outbids the Antiguan government at an auction for slave records?

2. Who in Section 4 is described as submerged in the unreality of Antigua?

3. When Antigua becomes self-governing, what happens to the Queen's stand-in?

4. Why is Bird's less ruthless son not a threat to Antiguans?

5. When is the resentment of a crime less effective and more degrading?

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