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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I, This Body - Such is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Alfonso talks to himself, for what does he long?
(a) Silence.
(b) Sedation.
(c) His wife’s voice.
(d) A new life.

2. To what does the speaker say is the only barricade for the townspeople?
(a) A river.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Faith.
(d) Furniture.

3. Sonya and Alfonso sneak through the city telling everyone to do what?
(a) Be courageous.
(b) Hide.
(c) Forge illegal papers.
(d) Run away.

4. In “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck,” what does Alfonso do?
(a) He sings at the top of his lungs.
(b) He runs quickly away.
(c) He stumbles away from the dead body.
(d) He dances in the street.

5. In “Still Newlyweds,” Alfonso says that when Sonya steps out of the shower, it does what?
(a) Calms the entire nation.
(b) Gives him another reason why he married her.
(c) It overwhelms him.
(d) Reminds him that there is a God.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom is he answerable?

2. How is Alfonso put to death?

3. The speaker says that those who make love may borrow the light from who?

4. When Alfonso and Sonya are on the bridge, what does he notice about the helicopter overhead?

5. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?

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