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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Meg get from Lee when she and Temple return to the judge’s office?
(a) A tirade.
(b) An invitation to dinner.
(c) A poem.
(d) A love letter.

2. What does the narrator say is the ideal student like at UVA?
(a) Someone who passed out drunk regularly, and still makes good grades.
(b) Someone who can be drunk and not show it.
(c) Someone whose parents can get them out of any trouble whatsoever.
(d) Someone who drinks in moderation, gets sufficient grades, and has fascinating activities.

3. What does Lee spill on his pants when he thinks he sees Mireille in a parking lot?
(a) Books.
(b) Corn chowder.
(c) Paint.
(d) French fries.

4. What makes Meg distrust Diane, the women she identifies as another lesbian?
(a) Her whiteness.
(b) Her pride in her family heritage.
(c) Her wealth.
(d) Her Ivy League education.

5. Which famous writer’s footsteps does Peggy see herself following in?
(a) Jane Austen.
(b) Charlotte Brontë.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) Kate Chopin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee turn to when he feels washed up in poetry?

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

3. What is Meg’s “feminist encounter group” talking about when she shows up (111)?

4. What common feeling does Karen say her mother and father and brother all feel?

5. What does Byrdie say he distinctly remembers about his mother?

(see the answer key)

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