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

2. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?
(a) "A rocket to the moon."
(b) "A dropped stone."
(c) "A thirteen-year-old."
(d) "A huge dog."

3. When Alan is talking about his divorce, what does Frank interrupt him to show him?
(a) An alumni magazine.
(b) The view from his balcony.
(c) A legal passage dealing with spousal support.
(d) His Biedermeier desk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the summer night when Alan and Frank go to Brenda's apartment, why do they end up missing her party?

2. What kind of company is Hardmann Roe?

3. When Alan and Frank miss Brenda's party, what is Alan disappointed about?

4. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "hot" in Alan's comment about the new receptionist: "She's hot" (26)?

5. What is implied in the discussion of the case that Alan's father tries "in another part of the state" (25)?

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