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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Late Show.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris claims that if he wanted to hear wall-to-wall French
(a) He would move back to Normandy.
(b) He would buy more French books on tape.
(c) He would simply participate in real life.
(d) He would go back to French class.

2. What Sedaris admires in his sister Gretchen is
(a) Her own personality.
(b) Her talent as a sculptor.
(c) Her indifference to art.
(d) Her admission to art school.

3. The name "Rooster" came from
(a) Paul's father.
(b) Paul's business.
(c) Paul himself.
(d) Paul's mother.

4. Why is it difficult for Sedaris to travel with a typewriter?
(a) The typewriter is heavy and cumbersome.
(b) Sedaris insults security, and this calls attention to him and his typewriter.
(c) Security usually does not know what a typewriter is.
(d) Security finds the typewriter unusual enough to stop him regularly.

5. Richie had been in prison for
(a) Burning his sister's boyfriend to death.
(b) Killing his younger brother.
(c) Burning his sister to death.
(d) Refusing to pay taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. By way of explanation, Amy Sedaris explains her "bruises" and "sores" by saying

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

3. Lou Sedaris once dreamed that computers would

4. Sedaris finds that some stereotypes about Americans are:

5. The toughest trip Sedaris can remember enduring as a child involved

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