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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?
(a) Nightline.
(b) The Daily Show.
(c) Sesame Street.
(d) Fox and Friends.

2. The sentence “Deluded admonitions, however true; futile tenderness, however comforting” (120) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Synecdoche.

3. To which of the following did Sikander take his family camping?
(a) The Adirondacks.
(b) The Appalachians.
(c) The Davis Mountains.
(d) The Tetons.

4. Which of the following does the narrator report meeting as an executive of Rind’s foundation?
(a) Bill Gates.
(b) Elon Musk.
(c) Jeff Bezos.
(d) Mark Zuckerberg.

5. About which of the following groups does the narrator’s taxi driver in Scranton wax nostalgic?
(a) Freemasons.
(b) Dante Literary Society.
(c) International Order of Elks.
(d) Salvation Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “latrinalia” carries which of the following meanings in the novel?

2. 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?

3. The term “zakat” refers to which of the following in the novel?

4. At what time on Election Day does the narrator call his father?

5. Which of the following does the narrator report meeting at Rind’s foundation events?

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