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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Calvin states that he never sees Alice read which type of magazine?
(a) Fashion.
(b) Finance.
(c) Medical.
(d) Literary.

2. Trillin states that his goddaughter marries into a family with some involvement in what kind of industry?
(a) Fashion.
(b) Cigarette.
(c) Automotive.
(d) Pharmaceutical.

3. Calvin claims that the first time he sees Alice, he detects what quality about her heritage?
(a) Alice is Irish.
(b) Alice is Jewish.
(c) Alice is Swedish.
(d) Alice is European.

4. Where does Calvin and Alice have a summer home?
(a) California.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) Nova Scotia.
(d) Long Island.

5. According to Calvin, what is the definition of an intellectual?
(a) Someone who knows how to translate heuristics.
(b) Someone who knows the definition of holistic.
(c) Someone who knows the definition of holistic. Someone who translates fluently from the Toltec.
(d) Someone whose instinct is to analyze anything that happens and try to make some sense of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Calvin's father do for a living?

2. In chapter seven, Trillin includes an excerpt from a New Yorker article written by Alice. What is the subject of that article?

3. Who says, "we both want desperate love, approval, and admiration from each other"?

4. In chapter eight, Trillin reveals that, like Alice, he undergoes which surgery?

5. Why does Alice buy a fur coat?

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