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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long was Peggy fixated on sleeping with Lee?
(a) A month.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Two or three months.
(d) Three years.

2. What is Lee’s mother’s objection to breastfeeding?
(a) She thinks it creates narcissists.
(b) She sees it as indulgent.
(c) It makes the baby dependent on the mother.
(d) She does not think it’s nutritious.

3. What did Lee get instead of a salary from Stillwater College?
(a) Immunity from sexual harassment complaints.
(b) Control over hiring and firing in the English department.
(c) Money for a literary magazine.
(d) A travel allowance.

4. Why does Peggy not want to go to a judge to get a divorce?
(a) Shame for her childrearing.
(b) Fear of Lee’s temper.
(c) Fear of publicity.
(d) Fear of losing custody.

5. Who does Peggy discover Lee sleeping with when she comes home from the lake?
(a) His student.
(b) The maintenance man.
(c) His guest poet.
(d) Her close friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps the students at Stillwater College from swimming in the lake that borders the college?

2. How does the narrator characterize the persona Peggy acquired in high school?

3. Who does Peggy think poets resemble?

4. What was the main building of Stillwater College before it was a college?

5. Why does the narrator say people came to visit Stillwater College from all over?

(see the answer key)

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