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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. Under whose door did Monica slip an anonymous note about Leon in "Sentimental Education"?
(a) The Provost's door.
(b) The priest's door.
(c) The doctor's door.
(d) Darryl's door.

2. What are the names of the women who plait hair in "The Lazy River"?
(a) Mariatou and Cynthia.
(b) Maria and Elizabeth.
(c) Amy and Jennifer.
(d) Eleanor and Anna.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many children does the woman have that is the central figure in "The Dialectic"?

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

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

5. At what fast food restaurant is Abe Lincoln described eating in “Words and Music”?

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