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

2. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?
(a) Whether Frank is secretly insecure.
(b) Whether Frank knows how to make himself happy.
(c) Whether there is something missing inside Frank.
(d) Whether Frank is really his friend.

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

4. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?
(a) Their fathers' high expectations.
(b) A championship game.
(c) Being students.
(d) Their questions about whether law is the right career.

5. Who is Camille?
(a) Alan's child.
(b) Alan's sister.
(c) Alan's wife.
(d) Alan's mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "funny" in "In those days they were living in apartments with funny furniture" (25)?

3. On page 30, what is being compared to an "infinite forest, the trunks and vines blocking out the light"?

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

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

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