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

2. In "Highfalutin," where have Sedaris and Hugh moved just before the lunch with Amy takes place?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Normandy.
(c) New York.
(d) North Carolina.

3. In "Happy-Go-Lucky," what is the subject of the Delacroix painting that hangs over Lou's bed?
(a) A Spanish bullfight.
(b) A field of sunflowers.
(c) Women cutting wheat.
(d) A Paris street scene.

4. Where is Sedaris in the opening of the essay "Unbuttoned"?
(a) Springmoor.
(b) His father's old house.
(c) Sea Section.
(d) A hospital in Paris.

5. In "Hurricane Season," what does Sedaris recall Hugh yelling at Lisa for one Christmas in Sussex?
(a) She drank gin straight from the bottle.
(b) She set a drink down without a coaster.
(c) She wiped her hands on her jeans instead of on a towel.
(d) She wore a coat to the dinner table.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Themes and Variations," what singer does Sedaris tell a joke about?

2. In "Highfalutin," what does Sedaris ultimately decide his idea of perfect happiness is?

3. In "Highfalutin," to what does Sedaris attribute Hugh agreeing to paint Amy's new apartment?

4. In "Lady Marmalade," what does Sedaris say about Lou's physical aggression towards him and his siblings?

5. In "Themes and Variations," what is the Jewish man selling in the joke Sedaris is told by one of his drivers?

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