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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. On the night of Brenda's party, how long has Alan been in New York?
(a) About 6 years.
(b) About 2 years.
(c) About 8 years.
(d) About 4 years.

2. What is implied in the discussion of the case that Alan's father tries "in another part of the state" (25)?
(a) There are bigots on the jury.
(b) Alan's father is unprepared for the trial.
(c) The judge is corrupt.
(d) The defendant is guilty.

3. What does Frank say New York is divided into?
(a) People born in the city and people born elsewhere.
(b) People on their way up and people on their way down.
(c) Lawyers and clients.
(d) Haves and have-nots.

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) Epistrophe.
(d) Litotes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nan say is the cause of her life "made up of disappointments" (32)?

2. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?

3. In what way do Frank and Alan become "like the old partners" at the firm because of the Hardmann Roe case?

4. What is Alan's family's religious background?

5. When Alan is talking about his divorce, what does Frank interrupt him to show him?

(see the answer key)

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