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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 20 -25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?
(a) Imagination, soul.
(b) Mind, body.
(c) Heart, head.
(d) Dreams, reality.

2. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?
(a) The misunderstandings.
(b) The deep discussions.
(c) The touches and smiles.
(d) The disagreements.

3. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?
(a) Warm soup.
(b) Sweet liquor.
(c) Dark chocolate.
(d) Decadent dessert.

4. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?
(a) He had literally just answered that question.
(b) She promised she would not ask him that again.
(c) He had just told her how beautiful she was.
(d) He did not think she worried about herself like that.

5. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?
(a) Lydia Davis.
(b) Leslie Daniels.
(c) Lynn Donahue.
(d) Danielle Lyons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?

2. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?

3. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?

4. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?

5. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?

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