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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In chapter five, Trillin states that he once gives a speech at the annual dinner for which organization?
(a) Yale Senior Society.
(b) Yale-Newhaven Hospital.
(c) Yale University.
(d) The Yale Westchester Alumni Association.

3. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?
(a) Alice is poor and lives in squalor in a basement apartment in New York City.
(b) Alice is a pampered and wealthy girl who is captain of her cheerleading team.
(c) Alice is not popular in school. She is the class brain and is virtually never asked out.
(d) Alice is spoiled. She grows up in a house with a backyard swimming pool and a basement bowling alley.

4. What is Alice's professional background?
(a) Alice is a model and actress.
(b) Alice is a politician.
(c) Alice is an English professor.
(d) Alice is a film editor.

5. What does Alice's father do for a living?
(a) Alice's father is a researcher.
(b) Alice's father is a self-taught inventor.
(c) Alice's father is a vending machine repairman.
(d) Alice's father is a coal miner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the most negative words that Alice uses to describe a person?

2. Who writes the condolence letter that makes Calvin laugh?

3. How does Calvin portray his wife Alice in books and magazine articles written before she dies?

4. At the end of chapter two, Calvin states that he is reviewing the galleys of a book. What is the book's subject?

5. Which governor does Alice tease about being a Republican?

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