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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous author does Lee turn to, in Peggy’s absence?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Milton.
(d) Montaigne.

2. What does the narrator say makes Peggy’s house like the Mekong Delta?
(a) The bug situation.
(b) The hostile neighbors.
(c) The flooding.
(d) The undergrowth.

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

4. Where did Lee Fleming go to college?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Provincetown.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New York.

5. The narrator says that Lee and Byrdie look like advertisements for shirts and baby food: what does she say Peggy looks like?
(a) The secretary.
(b) The nanny.
(c) The movie star.
(d) Their maintenance man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What excuse does Peggy use for getting Karen Brown’s birth certificate?

3. What does Lee say all poems are about?

4. What does Karen want for Christmas?

5. Why does Peggy leave Lee?

(see the answer key)

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