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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Blocked" - "Grand Union".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from "Sentimental Education" refers to a circular prison with cells arranged around a central well, from which prisoners could be observed?
(a) Mausoleum.
(b) Perpetuity.
(c) Colloseum.
(d) Panopticon.

2. What is Esorik on Praxis days, according to the narrator in "The Canker"?
(a) A fish-salter.
(b) A trader.
(c) A banker.
(d) A teacher.

3. What is Tommy studying in school in “Big Week”?
(a) Graphic design.
(b) English literature.
(c) Greek history.
(d) Theater.

4. Whose writing does the narrator describe reading at the Eastern Seaboard in "Downtown"?
(a) E. M. Cioran.
(b) Roger Moore.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Andrew Stilton.

5. Where does Aggie want to go to see her sister laid out in "Meet the President!"?
(a) St. Christopher's.
(b) St. Anna's.
(c) St. Jude's.
(d) St. Martin's.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what grade is the worksheet intended in "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?

2. Where are the woman and her daughter sitting on the beach in "The Dialectic"?

3. Where has the woman's husband emigrated to in "The Dialectic"?

4. What finally gets the waitress's attention in the end of "Escape from New York"?

5. Where in Spain is the Lazy River described as being located in "The Lazy River"?

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