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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Mood" - "Big Week".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Monica write her thesis on for college?
(a) Greek and Roman theater.
(b) Public education.
(c) 18th-century garden poetry.
(d) Poetry of the Beat Generation.

2. How old is Wendy English described as in “Words and Music”?
(a) 72.
(b) 69.
(c) 77.
(d) 85.

3. Where has the eldest boy gone, according to the narrator in the beginning of "The Dialectic"?
(a) To the hotel room.
(b) To the church.
(c) To the car.
(d) To the arcade.

4. What was the name of Rebecca's long-term parrot?
(a) Preston.
(b) Henry.
(c) Roger.
(d) Echo.

5. In "Medieval Moods: Blood, Black Bile, Bile, Phlegm," the narrator describes a number of hypothetical circumstances. The third of these describes the reader's great-grandparents being what?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Slave-owners.
(c) Sharecroppers.
(d) Servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object is described in "Use Transitions" from "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?

2. To what corset store does Adele go in "Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets"?

3. On what date does the narrator say school starts in "Downtown"?

4. Where does Michael agree to stop to eat as he, Liz, and Marlon leave the city in "Escape from New York"?

5. What word from "Sentimental Education" refers to a circular prison with cells arranged around a central well, from which prisoners could be observed?

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