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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. The narrator in "Sentimental Education" says, "Choices made over time present themselves as branches running off the solid oaks that line the overground route to" where (11)?
(a) The Hudson.
(b) Kenal Rise.
(c) The Thames.
(d) Times Square.

2. What word in "Sentimental Education" refers to the internal security force of the former German Democratic Republic?
(a) Stasi.
(b) SS.
(c) Gestapo.
(d) Hetro.

3. What word from "Sentimental Education" refers to an ancient Egyptian tomb rectangular in shape with sloping sides and a flat roof?
(a) Papyrus.
(b) Nyst.
(c) Mastaba.
(d) Obelisk.

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

5. How many children does the woman have that is the central figure in "The Dialectic"?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the women who plait hair in "The Lazy River"?

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

3. What does the daughter say "words are" to her mother in "The Dialectic" (4)?

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

5. What did Monica always think of men as and treat them that way, according to the narrator in "Sentimental Education"?

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