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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "American Express" pages 35-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?
(a) It indicates Frank and Alan's low status.
(b) The noise makes Frank and Alan less productive.
(c) The presence of secretaries making copies is distracting for Frank and Alan.
(d) It allows Frank and Alan to hear all of the office gossip.

3. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?
(a) Confused.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Nostalgic.

4. When Nan asks for Frank's help renegotiating her divorce settlement, what advice does he give her?
(a) Get married again.
(b) Hire a private detective.
(c) Pretend that your ex-husband was abusive.
(d) Move somewhere cheaper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night of Brenda's party, how long has Alan been in New York?

2. What does Frank like about Brenda?

3. What is the narrator implying about Brenda's discussion of her children with the comment "The first act was over.... Now came the plot" (37)?

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

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

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