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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters II and III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The comment about “the disgusting social and military project that would come to bloom in Syria and Iraq like toxic desert dogbane” (77) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

2. In what program is the student who complained to the administration that Moroni was speaking against the troops by questioning Desert Storm?
(a) MFA.
(b) ROTC.
(c) PharmD.
(d) MBA.

3. How does the character in the narrator’s play describe “something unexpected and unwelcome, a sense of pride” after the 11 September 2001 attacks (24)?
(a) A “blush.”
(b) A “surge.”
(c) A “throbbing.”
(d) A “swelling.”

4. At what school did the narrator’s great aunt Asma teach?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) University of Connecticut.
(d) University of Vermont.

5. In which city does Latif secure a position after first coming to the United States?
(a) Trenton.
(b) New York City.
(c) Newark.
(d) Atlantic City.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which vice-president does the narrator compare Latif?

2. What profession does Muzzammil follow?

3. What profession had Sikander’s father held?

4. In what year do the narrator’s parents meet?

5. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

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