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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "American Express" pages 25-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nan say is the cause of her life "made up of disappointments" (32)?
(a) Her lack of education.
(b) Staying in New York instead of returning to Nashville.
(c) Her upbringing.
(d) Falling in love with the wrong people.

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

3. What are the details of the thick towels, Biedermeier desk, and private school meant to convey?
(a) Frank's success.
(b) Frank's good taste.
(c) Frank's insecurity.
(d) Frank's snobbery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?

2. What does Frank say New York is divided into?

3. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?

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

5. On page 35, when Alan tells Frank that the women he likes are all looking for someone like Frank, what does Frank reply?

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