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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 20-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What female figure does Anders reflect upon as he is gazing at the bank ceiling?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Eve.
(c) Europa.
(d) Persephone.

2. What action does the man with the shotgun take the first time he makes physical contact with the security guard?
(a) He punches the guard.
(b) He puts the guard in a headlock.
(c) He stabs the guard.
(d) He pushes the guard.

3. Who hands the bags to the bank tellers?
(a) Anders.
(b) The bank manager.
(c) The man with the shotgun.
(d) The man with the pistol.

4. The man with the pistol finally takes what action that snaps Anders out of his fog?
(a) He breathes out.
(b) He yells in Anders's face.
(c) He fires his pistol into the ceiling.
(d) He stomps on Anders's foot.

5. What term is used to describe the bags handed to the bank tellers?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Grocery.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Hefty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anders muses that at the moment, he "has no choice but to" (26) take what action in relation to the work of the artist responsible for painting the ceiling?

2. When one of the women in front of Anders speaks to him, she is said to be "confident of his" (2) what?

3. What verb is used to describe the way in which the man with the shotgun places the guard's hands behind his back?

4. What question does the man with the pistol ask Anders after he has put the pistol against a part of Anders's body?

5. Anders sarcastically compares the complaint of the woman in front of him to what medical emergency?

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