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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Zooey (pgs. 119-147).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Franny regret asking for Lane's olive?
(a) She does not like olives.
(b) He hates when she takes his food from him.
(c) The olives make her ill.
(d) It made Lane angry that she interrupted him.

2. What do Lane and Bessie believe is the reason for Franny's troubles?
(a) The play that she quit.
(b) Her crazy family.
(c) Her relationship with Lane.
(d) A liitle book about a pilgrim.

3. What profession was Bessie in when she was younger?
(a) She was in radio.
(b) She was a teacher.
(c) She was a singer.
(d) She was a dancer in the theater.

4. The pilgrim in the book that Franny has been reading is searching for what?
(a) Heaven.
(b) A better life.
(c) A way to pray incessantly.
(d) God.

5. What does Zooey say is his Achilles' heel?
(a) Franny.
(b) His looks.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) He is sensitive to beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Seymour and Buddy believed that education should start with what?

2. How would Seymour react if he knew Buddy was lecturing Zooey about acting and his education?

3. Why does Zooey get so upset when Bessie mentions calling Philly Byrnes, the psychoanalyst?

4. What does Waker say of the way Zooey handled the loss of Seymour?

5. Zooey says that when one first begins the prayer, one should do what, as told in the pilgrim's tale?

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