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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Gerald’s eternal repose?
(a) Abdication.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Sublimity.
(d) Torment.

2. What kind of cemetery are Francis and Rudy working in for the day?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Methodist.

3. Where is Francis Phelan’s family derived from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

4. How does Francis describe Helen to Rudy?
(a) He says that she’s the best woman he’s ever known.
(b) He says that he can’t wait to be finished with her.
(c) He says that she never gives him any peace with her nagging.
(d) He says that he can never tell where she is.

5. How do Francis and Rudy characterize themselves?
(a) Gypsies.
(b) Wanderers.
(c) Bums.
(d) Vagrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Francis guilty about, when he talks to Gerald?

2. Where does Francis Phelan find his family’s graves?

3. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?

4. What is Francis’ reaction when Rudy tells him he is frivolous?

5. In the epigraph, what does Dante leave behind by hoisting sail with his wit?

(see the answer key)

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