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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) Covid vaccinations becoming available.
(b) Trump's election.
(c) The emergence of a weaker strain of the Covid virus.
(d) Biden's election.

2. In "Highfalutin," what is Sedaris insulted at being mistaken for?
(a) A real estate agent.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A sales clerk.
(d) An architect.

3. In "Highfalutin," who are Lex and Germalina?
(a) They are characters in a play produced by the Talent Family.
(b) They are nicknames that Sedaris and his siblings gave their parents.
(c) They are names Sedaris and his sister Amy used in a childhood game.
(d) They are rabbits owned by Amy Sedaris.

4. In "Highfalutin," what does Amy describe cutting up while under the influence of psychedelics?
(a) Carpet.
(b) Scripts.
(c) Bills.
(d) Clothing.

5. In "Lady Marmalade," what incident causes Lou's attitude toward Gretchen to change?
(a) He finds marijuana in her bedroom.
(b) She accuses him of inappropriate behavior.
(c) He discovers her having sex with her boyfriend.
(d) She moves out when she is only seventeen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sedaris in the opening of the essay "Unbuttoned"?

2. In "A Better Place," what objection does Sedaris make to people saying that his father did his best?

3. In "Themes and Variations," who helps Sedaris choose a person to give money to at the public library?

4. In "Lady Marmalade," what did Lou suggest Sedaris's childhood stomach pains were caused by?

5. In "To Serbia with Love," what is Patsy's job in Paris?

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