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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the woman that helps fit Miss Adele for a corset in "Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets"?
(a) Mrs. Kimble.
(b) Mrs. Adkins.
(c) Mrs. Wilson.
(d) Mrs. Alexander.

2. Who is the narrator's friend in "For the King" that once wrote that a mother is a sort of timepiece for a child?
(a) Anna.
(b) Emily.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Sarah.

3. How old is Miss Adele in "Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets"?
(a) 52.
(b) 46.
(c) 32.
(d) 38.

4. Who is the girl from Mumbai that Monica treated like a muse after Darryl for some time in "Sentimental Education"?
(a) Bunny.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Anna.

5. The narrator in "Sentimental Education" says, "There is an old cliche about street life" (14). What is the cliche?
(a) "It's a gateway to financial depravity."
(b) "It's meaningless."
(c) "You leave, but the streets follow."
(d) "You start there and you end there."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman say she would like to be on good terms with in the opening of "The Dialectic"?

2. Where did Monica's mother buy the fake Senufo stool that she kept with her after leaving home?

3. What band produced the album Paul's Boutique?

4. What is the illustration that is described in "Revealing Actions" from "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?

5. What is said to be "a better metaphor for what happens than roads not taken or branches unsprouted" in "Sentimental Education" (11)?

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