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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Preface to The Child Runs Deep in Filidor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which musician does the narrator claim audiences appreciate only because the larger musical world tells them to?
(a) Tschikovsky.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Bach.

2. Which of the following topics of conversation is not one Pimko quizzes Joey on in his bedroom?
(a) King Ladislas.
(b) Hellenic civilizations.
(c) Russian Huguenots.
(d) Obscure sixteenth-century writers.

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

4. Which verb does the teacher want the students to translate even though they are not interested?
(a) Dolleo.
(b) Colleo.
(c) Molleo.
(d) Folleo.

5. In the dream, how does Joey react when he sees a younger apparition of himself waving to him?
(a) He runs away from the apparition.
(b) He waves back to the apparition.
(c) He slaps the apparition in the face.
(d) He shakes hands with the apparition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joey dream about at the opening of the novel?

2. What grade does the teacher give to all the students to translate languages?

3. Which of the following adjectives best describes the outside world's opinion of Joey?

4. Which of the following familial groups has the largest influence on the way Joey lives his life?

5. How does Joey feel when he wakes up from his bizarre dream at the opening of the novel?

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