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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Preface to The Child Runs Deep in Filibert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the schoolgirl ask Joey over and over and over when he is in her bedroom?
(a) Do you need some help?
(b) How did you get in here?
(c) Where do you think you are?
(d) What can I do for you?

2. Which of the following laws does the narrator claim demands a preface?
(a) The law of symmetry.
(b) The law of thermodynamics.
(c) The law of gravity.
(d) The law of attraction.

3. What motivation does the narrator give as to why he wants to tell his stories?
(a) To record his own personal history.
(b) To pass down generations of his family's stories.
(c) To seek revenge on those he does not like.
(d) To fool the audience into thinking anything matters.

4. How does the narrator claim novels are properly read?
(a) Novels are never properly read.
(b) From cover to cover.
(c) One page at a time.
(d) In parts.

5. What is the professor who is known as "Anti-Filidor's" real last name?
(a) Cyrus.
(b) Momsen.
(c) Jonas.
(d) Spears.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the worst type of torture?

2. Which of the following genres of literature is not one the narrator believes this novel could fit into?

3. Which musician does the narrator claim audiences appreciate only because the larger musical world tells them to?

4. Which of the following processes is not one the narrator is quick to do?

5. Which of the following items is not something then narrator considers an interruption in life?

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