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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part 3 of the novel?
(a) "Cities + Waters + Arches."
(b) "Cities + Arches + Waters."
(c) "Cities + Waters + Criminals."
(d) "Cities + Criminals + Arches."

2. What two books did Penelope's father obsess over?
(a) Finnegan's Wake and Ulysses.
(b) The Quarryman and The Odyssey.
(c) The Iliad and The Odyssey.
(d) Ulysses and The Iliad.

3. What was Claudia's surname before she married?
(a) Merchison.
(b) Kirkby.
(c) Draft.
(d) Hanley.

4. Where did Michael and Abbey rent a small house when they returned to the city after marrying?
(a) Sayer Street.
(b) Pepper Street.
(c) Riverside Road.
(d) Smith Road.

5. Who among the Dunbar boys had insisted on keeping Achilles the mule?
(a) Rory.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the gray and black tabby cat described in "The Greeks Got Him"?

2. When does Matthew describe "the beginning" as taking place in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?

3. Who was responsible for the stolen letter-box in "The Arsemover and the Minotaur"?

4. Matthew describes Rory and Henry looking like melded elements in "The Forces are Displayed" (76). What elements does he describe combined?

5. What name did Penelope die with, according to the narrator in "The Mistake Maker"?

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