View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Facing his lack of artistic talent might mean
(a) Admitting his father was right.
(b) Sobering up and moving on.
(c) Needing more drugs.
(d) Learning a new trade.

2. Sedaris confesses his desire to perform what songs before an audience?
(a) Blues classics.
(b) Commercial jingles.
(c) Jazz classics.
(d) Pop songs.

3. During their last meeting together, Sedaris learns that Miss Sampson
(a) Has quit her job because she feels like a failure.
(b) Has been fired because she could not help the students.
(c) Is aware of his homosexuality.
(d) Is leaving to work at another school.

4. The scientific term Sedaris fears his father will use is
(a) Googolplex.
(b) Pi.
(c) Bazillion.
(d) Aquatics.

5. Miss Sampson asks the previous question in order to
(a) Get Sedaris talking so she might hear his lisp.
(b) Determine whether or not she will like Sedaris.
(c) Provoke an argument about football.
(d) Trick Sedaris into revealing his disdain for sports.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris' attempt to recruit his guitar teacher for his jingle-singing act results in

2. While Sedaris has been preoccupied with tanning, his father has been preoccupied with

3. Sedaris and his father seem to

4. Mr. Mancini makes Sedaris uncomfortable by constantly referring to

5. What Sedaris admires in his sister Gretchen is

(see the answer key)

This section contains 263 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample