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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Landscape with Figures" | "I Guess Everything Reminds You of Something".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" describe death?
(a) Disgusting and real.
(b) Deep and profound.
(c) Inhuman and meaningless.
(d) Noble and proud.

2. What does the soldier tell the doctor is cruel of him to do in "A Natural History of the Dead"?
(a) Give hope to fatal patients.
(b) Not tell a wounded soldier the true severity of his wounds.
(c) Not use anesthesia.
(d) Not kill a wounded soldier.

3. Who kills Francis Macomber?
(a) A German soldier.
(b) His wife.
(c) His safari guide.
(d) A train engineer.

4. What are two prostitutes arguing about in "Light of the World"?
(a) A client.
(b) Their skills.
(c) A celebrity.
(d) A boxer.

5. Where are the Roman soldiers meeting in "Today is Friday"?
(a) A wine cellar.
(b) Their base camp.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) A train station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man in the restaurant spraying the people with in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

2. Where does "Black Ass at the Cross Roads" take place?

3. What does Nick do with the girl Odgar is in love with?

4. What does Enrique do when he hears police sirens in "Nobody Ever Dies"?

5. What happens to the animals who cannot board the ship in Smyrna?

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