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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "American Express" pages 35-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Alan's family from?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Washington, D.C.

2. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Cacophony.

3. On page 35, when Alan tells Frank that the women he likes are all looking for someone like Frank, what does Frank reply?
(a) "They don't know what's good for them."
(b) "They think they are."
(c) "Let them find me, then."
(d) "Alan, we're the same, you and me."

4. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?
(a) Epizeuxis.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Epistrophe.

5. In the sentence, "The blue car of the carabiniere lazed past," what does the word "carabiniere" mean (39)?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Police.
(c) Taxi driver.
(d) Tour leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?

2. What is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?

3. Why does Frank give the portiere 40,000 lire?

4. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?

5. Which detail conveys Frank's continued attractiveness to women despite his age?

(see the answer key)

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