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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. Where does the narrator note having first met Jacobs?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Wisconsin.

2. The comment that “he felt something strange in his chest, like a pounding on a distant drum” (7) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Rhyme.

3. The use of “Hollywood” to refer to the movie industry is an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Simile.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Metaphor.

4. In what year do the narrator’s parents meet?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1962.

5. To whom does the narrator ascribe the comments in his play that seem to praise or justify the 11 September 2001 attacks?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Latif.
(c) Riaz.
(d) Sikander.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the mittens the narrator wears after his syphilis treatment originate?

2. Which of the following is the name of Rind’s investment company?

3. Of which of the following did the Akhtars have framed photos from travel?

4. The phrase “sweet and clean, like mountain water” (184) offers an example of which of the following?

5. In what year does Fatima die?

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