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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator receive as a gift for his forty-second birthday?
(a) A page of Much Ado about Nothing from the Second Folio.
(b) A page of The Merchant of Venice from the Second Folio.
(c) A page of Much Ado about Nothing from the First Folio.
(d) A page of The Merchant of Venice from the First Folio.

2. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?
(a) “Use the difficulty; make it your own.”
(b) “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
(c) “Don’t let the jerks get you down.”
(d) “An ye harm none, do what you will.”

3. Near what water is the resort the narrator reports his parents visit?
(a) Lake Champlain.
(b) Lake Pontchartrain.
(c) Great Lakes.
(d) Finger Lakes.

4. How much money does the narrator note receiving from selling his shares in Rind’s investment company?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $5 million.
(c) $7.5 million.
(d) $2.5 million.

5. Where is the narrator born?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Manhattan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many first cousins does the narrator report having?

3. In what year does the narrator note Malala received a Nobel prize?

4. Which of the following does the narrator report meeting as an executive of Rind’s foundation?

5. About which of the following groups does the narrator’s taxi driver in Scranton wax nostalgic?

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