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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. What does Alan notice about Frank when Frank gets out of the car with Eda after they drop her off?
(a) Frank's tweed jacket has a price tag on it.
(b) Frank looks upset by what Eda is saying.
(c) Frank's hair is thinning.
(d) Frank is getting thick around his waist.

2. Where did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?
(a) The ballet.
(b) A cabaret.
(c) The opera.
(d) A museum.

3. In what way do Frank and Alan become "like the old partners" at the firm because of the Hardmann Roe case?
(a) They are assigned to much better offices while they work on the case.
(b) Working on this case earns them a lot of respect.
(c) The firm pays them a large bonus to work on the case.
(d) They are isolated from the daily workings of the firm.

4. What is the name of the firm where Frank and Alan begin their legal careers?
(a) Denton, Meyer.
(b) Cook, Hopewell.
(c) Weyland, Braun.
(d) Abbott, Yeardley.

5. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her handbag.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Frank and Alan planned to be in Europe?

2. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's suggestion that she be "shared" between him and Alan?

3. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?

4. Which is the best description of the husband and wife conversation that Frank mimics?

5. What is Alan's page 33 assessment of Cummings, their classmate who now serves in Congress?

(see the answer key)

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