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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Dialectic" - "Words and Music".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the ladies that plait hair from in "The Lazy River"?
(a) South Africa and France.
(b) Paris and London.
(c) Senegal and Gambia.
(d) Algeria and Tourret.

2. Where in Spain is the Lazy River described as being located in "The Lazy River"?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Catalonia.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Almeria.

3. 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.

4. What is the woman eating while sitting on the beach with her daughter in "The Dialectic"?
(a) A slice of pizza.
(b) A chicken wing.
(c) A hamburger.
(d) An apple.

5. What did Monica always think of men as and treat them that way, according to the narrator in "Sentimental Education"?
(a) Hindrances.
(b) Muses.
(c) Necessities.
(d) Ornaments.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was the 6'6" photographer's assistant from that Monica spent a summer with in London six months before she met Darryl?

4. What is described in "Sentimental Education" as "the fundamental principle undergirding [Monica's] life" (19)?

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

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