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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. According to the narrator, what are all underdeveloped artists bound to create?
(a) Brilliant art.
(b) Mediocre art.
(c) They will not be creating art at all.
(d) Terrible art.

2. How does Joey feel about telling the school girl his true age?
(a) He doesn't think about telling her.
(b) He desperately wants to tell her.
(c) He does not want to tell her.
(d) He is confused whether or not he should tell her.

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

4. Which of the following metaphors does the narrator use to describe the way a novel is constructed?
(a) Like a house.
(b) Like a pot of stew.
(c) Like a rainbow.
(d) Like a human body.

5. Who does Kneadus attack upon entering the Youngblood home?
(a) The gardener.
(b) The cook.
(c) The laundress.
(d) The housemaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the schoolgirl's friend who drinks whiskey?

2. According to the narrator, what are all writers dependent on above all else?

3. How many individual forms of torture does the narrator believe there are in the world?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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