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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Fife order when eating with Nick Dafina?
(a) Blue plate special.
(b) Omelet and potatoes.
(c) Roast beef sandwich.
(d) Egg salad sandwich.

2. About which of the following does Fife ask Nick Dafina as they return to their hometown together?
(a) Orinoco Violet.
(b) Evelyn Rose.
(c) Uma Poppy.
(d) Anna Laurel.

3. To which of the following does Malcolm compare Fife?
(a) Dion.
(b) Gould.
(c) Peart.
(d) Trudeau.

4. The comment that “They are a chain of three islands, tied together, yet separate, an archipelago” (153) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Tautology.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Conceit.

5. Which of the following does Fife note was his grandfather’s name?
(a) Paul Swenson.
(b) Samuel Beede.
(c) Venerable Bede.
(d) Samuel Clemens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the defense attorney in Fife’s work on priestly misconduct?

2. Which of the following headlines does Fife note as he reads in Washington National Airport?

3. Which of the following times does Fife report his flight from Richmond to Washington actually taking?

4. Fife’s comment that “he’s one of those exploratory robotic spacecraft that somehow slip past the gravitational fields of all nine planets in the solar system and never orbit or crash into anything, and eventually they sail out of the solar system, blown by the solar wind beyond the heliosphere into deep space” (71) offers an example of which of the following?

5. How much cash does Fife take when he leaves Varney?

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