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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the social change that ultimately causes Meg and Karen to move out of their shack?
(a) Mass mobilization.
(b) White flight.
(c) Demobilization.
(d) Gentrification.

2. How does the narrator characterize Byrdie’s college vision of life?
(a) A fantasy of feudal power.
(b) A dream of total orchestration.
(c) A nightmare of control.
(d) A pipe dream of harmony.

3. Who was the first poet Lee invited to Stillwater College?
(a) Mark Strand.
(b) Gregory Corso.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Anne Sexton.

4. How do Peggy’s parents treat her children?
(a) They ignore them.
(b) They lecture them.
(c) They spoil them.
(d) They browbeat them.

5. What makes Lee think that the girl he sees in the parking lot is his daughter?
(a) Her blond hair.
(b) Her cheekbones.
(c) Her teeth.
(d) Her eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lomax’ father’s hobby?

2. What did Lee get instead of a salary from Stillwater College?

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

4. Where does Meg hide her drugs in Chapter Six?

5. What kind of writers does Lee start to cultivate after he feels washed-up in poetry?

(see the answer key)

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