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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Chapter VIII and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Alliteration.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Rhyme.

2. Which of the following invitations to speak about his play does the narrator report refusing?
(a) David Letterman’s show.
(b) Bill Nye’s show.
(c) Bill Maher’s show.
(d) Larry King’s show.

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

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

5. What day of the week does the narrator note was 11 September 2001?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city was the narrator on Election Day 2016?

2. How much debt does the narrator remark he is carrying when he puts his car in for repair in Scranton?

3. The comment that “Abbottabad is a military town, a kind of Pakistani West Point” (69) offers an example of which of the following?

4. What High Renaissance artist does the narrator invoke when describing “the expression [he] saw on Asha’s face [as] one of tenderness” (193)?

5. What is the name of the psychic Asha consults?

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