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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the main building of Stillwater College before it was a college?
(a) A retirement home.
(b) A plantation.
(c) An army barracks.
(d) A hospital.

3. How does the narrator characterize Lomax?
(a) A flaneur.
(b) An aesthete.
(c) A connoisseur.
(d) A raconteur.

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

5. What is Lomax’ father’s hobby?
(a) Building ships in bottles.
(b) Finding psychedelic mushrooms.
(c) Chipmunk watching.
(d) Bird watching.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Peggy think poets resemble?

2. What is Karen’s real name?

3. What does the narrator says that the ruling class is made up of?

4. What does Lee say all poems are about?

5. When does Peggy feel most beautiful?

(see the answer key)

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