Middlesex Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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Middlesex Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Marriage on Ice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Lefty's and Dr. Philobosian's paths cross?
(a) They are both are fleeing Turkey.
(b) They meet and strike up a conversation at a bakery in Smyrna.
(c) The doctor offers Lefty money and medical treatment while he is in Smyrna.
(d) They are both digging through garbage bins looking for food.

2. What medical fact does Dr. Philobosian share with Desdemona that makes her worry about her pregnancy?
(a) The baby will take on the traits of whatever picture a woman is looking at when the baby is conceived.
(b) Babies must be baptized while they are still in the womb.
(c) Women must take folic acid to prevent birth defects.
(d) Birth defects in babies usually only occur when families intermarry.

3. How does Desdemona's prediction of the sex of the baby compare to it's actual sex?
(a) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a boy and it is a boy.
(b) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a girl, but it is born a boy.
(c) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a boy, but it is born a girl.
(d) Desdemona predicted the baby would be a girl and it is a girl.

4. How does Lefty manage to keep the men in the gaming room from stealing his winnings?
(a) He fights the men and wins.
(b) He hides them in his sock.
(c) He flees from the gaming room and hides.
(d) He loses them all in subsequent games.

5. What does Lefty do while working on the assembly line at Ford that angers some of the other workers?
(a) He takes English classes at the Ford language school.
(b) He speeds up his work which forces the other workers to have to work more quickly.
(c) He brags about his well-to-do brother in law.
(d) He eats only traditional Greek foods for lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cause of Desdemona's heart palpitations?

2. What causes conflict between Jimmy and Lefty?

3. What does the narrator say his purpose for telling this story?

4. What does Desdemona vow to never do again after Milton's birth?

5. What does Desdemona do to help make the village girls more attractive to Lefty?

(see the answer key)

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