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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. How much money does Sikander lose at baccarat in Atlantic City?
(a) $7,500.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $2,500.

2. The comment about “his ceaselessly shifting emotions, his evasions and avowals and disavowals, the steady shedding of his civility” (14) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Chiasmus.

3. Where does the narrator report wanting to give blood on 11 September 2001?
(a) St. Vincent's.
(b) St. Jude's.
(c) St. Olaf's.
(d) St. Francis's.

4. Who is President of the United States when “Overture: To America” begins?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) George H.W. Bush.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) Bill Clinton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week does the narrator note was 11 September 2001?

2. Where does the narrator note having first met Jacobs?

3. Which of the following countries is represented among the medical students who observe the narrator’s treatment for syphilis?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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