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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What desire does Francis say he feels when Rosskam tells him about the women he makes love to during his rounds?
(a) To feel desire as he felt it once.
(b) To run away.
(c) To make love with Helen.
(d) To smash Rosskam’s skull in.

2. How familiar does Francis say trolleys are to him?
(a) He used to know them well, but has forgotten.
(b) He never rides them.
(c) He himself built the trolley he and Rudy ride.
(d) They are as familiar as his father’s face.

3. What is Helen humming when she wakes up in the morning and starts to walk?
(a) Requiem.
(b) Sanctus.
(c) Lacrymosa.
(d) Te Deum.

4. What are Francis’ feelings about the house he was born in?
(a) He wishes he could go back there.
(b) He wants to burn it down.
(c) He wants to know what it’s like inside now.
(d) He doesn’t care if it falls down.

5. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?
(a) Greed.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Lust.
(d) Envy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rosskam demonstrate his strength?

2. How did Helen’s father die?

3. Which street does Francis say he used to own?

4. What advice does Keats give Francis about seeing?

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

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