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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, Pygmies, Ferrets and Dog Chow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which department would the narrator rather be working?
(a) The Department of Factual Verification.
(b) The Department of Photography.
(c) The Grammar Department.
(d) The Fiction Department.

2. What author did the narrator, in his first days at the company, give advice about his award-winning prose?
(a) Amanda Sykes.
(b) Marianne Miller.
(c) Steven Paul.
(d) John Donlevy.

3. Where do Tad and the narrator go to party?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Dubai.
(c) The Smith.
(d) Odeon.

4. Of what do Elaine's dance moves remind the narrator?
(a) Broadway chorus girls.
(b) Graceful princessess.
(c) Figures on Egyptian tombs.
(d) Neighborhood ho-downs of the south.

5. Why does the narrator not want to have lunch with Alex?
(a) Alex is recently divorced and unstable.
(b) Alex is unfriendly and does not like the narrator's writing.
(c) Alex always makes the narrator pick up the check.
(d) Alex is an alcoholic and will put away a couple of drinks at lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What street performer do Vicky and the narrator watch at Sheridan Square?

2. What kind of guy does the narrator see himself as?

3. Where and what is Vicky studying?

4. What happens to the narrator's deadline on the French piece?

5. In fifty years, how many retractions has the magazine printed?

(see the answer key)

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