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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. Who is Wendy English's sister?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Marybeth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Candice.

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

3. Where are the woman and her daughter sitting on the beach in "The Dialectic"?
(a) Sopot.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) The Bahamas.

4. Myron's kingdom is described as spreading along what street in “Words and Music”?
(a) Bleecker Street.
(b) 42nd Street.
(c) MacDougal Street.
(d) Fifth Avenue.

5. Where has the woman's husband emigrated to in "The Dialectic"?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Canada.
(c) England.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the eldest boy gone, according to the narrator in the beginning of "The Dialectic"?

2. Under whose door did Monica slip an anonymous note about Leon in "Sentimental Education"?

3. How old is Wendy English described as in “Words and Music”?

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

5. The narrator in "Sentimental Education" says, "There is an old cliche about street life" (14). What is the cliche?

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