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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Happy-Go Lucky" through "Lady Marmalade".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the term "highfalutin" introduced into the essay "Highfalutin"?
(a) Sedaris claims that this is what Hugh first wanted to call the Pink House.
(b) This is what Sedaris and his sister Amy called their play production company.
(c) Tiffany calls Amy and Sedaris this when they are shopping together.
(d) Sedaris suggests it as a name for a medication.

2. In "Hurricane Season," where does Sedaris get the idea for the name he wants to call the rental house?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) From one of his own essays.
(c) From a movie.
(d) At the hardware store.

3. In "Unbuttoned," what does Sedaris notice on the floor of his father's house?
(a) Feces.
(b) A cat skeleton.
(c) A dead mouse.
(d) A pool of blood.

4. In "Happy-Go-Lucky," what event does Sedaris say released him from his obsessive consumption of the news?
(a) Covid vaccinations becoming available.
(b) The emergence of a weaker strain of the Covid virus.
(c) Biden's election.
(d) Trump's election.

5. In "A Better Place," what does Sedaris envy about the group at the table across the room?
(a) They are all drinking wine.
(b) No one is trying to make conversation.
(c) Their food has been delivered sooner.
(d) They seem to be laughing a lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the title of the essay "Lady Marmalade" come from?

2. In "Hurricane Season," what motivates Hugh to lock Gretchen and Sedaris out of the house?

3. In "To Serbia with Love," what does Sedaris learn "Belgrade" means?

4. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what item does Sedaris tells students to not bother buying unless they can afford one of two specific brands?

5. In "Happy-Go-Lucky," how old does Lou claim to be?

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