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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Chapters One through Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is Cyrus prescribed by his university’s counseling services?
(a) Xanax.
(b) Zoloft.
(c) Paxil.
(d) Ativan.

2. Which of the following does Cyrus’s mother quote at Lisa Simpson?
(a) Rachel de Queiroz.
(b) Adélia Prado.
(c) Hilda Hilst.
(d) Cora Coralina.

3. From which of the following groups does Zee claim descent?
(a) Moroccan.
(b) Libyan.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Tunisian.

4. Who provides the epigraph to the novel?
(a) Lygia Fagundes Telles.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Clarice Lispector.
(d) Cecília Meireles.

5. Which of the following does Cyrus do illicitly?
(a) Lyrica.
(b) Serax.
(c) Valium.
(d) Klonopin.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what institution does the novel begin?

2. How does the novel translate the term “bademjan”?

3. How does the novel render the term “emkanat”?

4. Which of the following groups’ work had Cyrus’s mother intended to take to Arash?

5. At what location does Cyrus attend AA meetings?

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