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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 25 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator know will happen each day he spends with his lover?
(a) They will have an argument.
(b) They will end up in bed together.
(c) They will have a fancy dinner.
(d) She will stop talking to him.

2. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?
(a) Her perfect lips.
(b) How good her skin is.
(c) Her long eyelashes.
(d) The sheen of her hair.

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

4. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?
(a) Break down the cost of an affair.
(b) Negotiate a better salary.
(c) Do his annual household budget.
(d) Write his grocery list.

5. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?
(a) Drive himself crazy.
(b) Make it seem meaningless.
(c) Kill it.
(d) Relive it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

2. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?

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

4. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?

5. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?

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