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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the routine Peggy gets into with her new baby?
(a) Exciting days in the garden.
(b) Leisurely feeding and naps.
(c) Grinding housework.
(d) Exhausting days of colic.

2. Which poets was Lee drawn to?
(a) The Beats.
(b) The Romantics.
(c) The Metaphysical poets.
(d) The confessional poets.

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

4. What keeps the students at Stillwater College from swimming in the lake that borders the college?
(a) Alligators.
(b) Leeches.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Toxic chemicals.

5. What causes Peggy to drive Lee’s VW Thing into the lake?
(a) His affair with her friend.
(b) A fight in which he hits her.
(c) A fight in which he insults her.
(d) His destruction of her pottery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Peggy characterize the poets who come to visit Lee?

2. When does Peggy feel most beautiful?

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

4. How do Peggy’s parents treat her children?

5. When did Karen Brown die?

(see the answer key)

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