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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 a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?
(a) Alan's child.
(b) Brenda's mother.
(c) Brenda's sister.
(d) Alan's wife.

2. 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.

3. What does Frank like about Brenda?
(a) Her sophistication.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her voice.
(d) Her intelligence.

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

5. On the summer night when Alan and Frank go to Brenda's apartment, why do they end up missing her party?
(a) They have been working late.
(b) They were not actually invited.
(c) They misunderstood when it was supposed to start.
(d) They have been out drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brenda seem to feel about Frank and Alan missing her party?

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

3. What is the one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?

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

5. With whom does Brenda go on a trip to Hawaii?

(see the answer key)

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