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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Looking Myself Up in Webster's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Object act towards Callie the morning after the hunting lodge visit?
(a) She is eager to hear details about Callie's night with Jerome.
(b) She is angry at Callie for having sex with her brother.
(c) She is eager to tell Callie about her feelings for Rex.
(d) She does not talk to Callie.

2. Who does Desdemona hope that Milton will marry?
(a) Gaia Vasilakis.
(b) Zoe Stephanides.
(c) Tessie Zismo.
(d) Julie Kikuchi.

3. What does Callie attribute the changes in Chapter Eleven to?
(a) His liberal arts education.
(b) Milton's conservative views.
(c) The military draft.
(d) His girlfriend, Meg.

4. What is unusual about Desdemona's presence on Hastings Street?
(a) Hastings Street is a long distance from her home on Hurlbut.
(b) Desdemona is dressed in traditional Greek clothing while everyone on Hastings Street is dressed in modern clothing.
(c) Hastings Street is primarily a white neighborhood and Desdemona is black.
(d) Hastings Street is primarily a black neighborhood and Desdemona is white.

5. Which book is the only one that Milton and Tessie complete during their quest to complete the Great Books series?
(a) The Prince by Machiavelli.
(b) Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
(c) The Complete Works of Socrates.
(d) The Republic by Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Milton as he is about to go into war that Desdemona believes is an answer to her prayers?

2. Why are realtors reluctant to sell Milton a home in Grosse Pointe?

3. How do Callie and the Object react to Jerome's vampire movie shoot in the woods?

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

5. What tragic event occurs on the same day as Calliope's birth?

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