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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which American university does Gordon teach?
(a) Yale.
(b) Southern California.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

2. What embarrasses Sylvia in Chapter 3?
(a) The way Gordon is smacking.
(b) Claudia's choice of apparel.
(c) The rude comments made by Claudia and Gordon to waiters.
(d) Her hair.

3. What, according to this book, do most "typical" moms do?
(a) Spend time with their children.
(b) Homeschool their children.
(c) Work in an exciting career.
(d) Drink sherry and go shopping.

4. What does the back seat passenger contemplate on the way back from the airport in Chapter 3?
(a) Whether Gordon's affairs are all in the past.
(b) Whether Claudia will ever agree to marry him.
(c) Why he believes in destiny.
(d) Why her mother never married her father.

5. What does Gordon teach?
(a) Biology.
(b) History.
(c) English literature.
(d) Economics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the person discussed in Chapter 2 stab at Claudia's crotch?

2. Who sits in the back seat on the way back from the airport in Chapter 3?

3. Who does not visit Claudia during her hospital stay in Chapter 1?

4. What interested Claudia in the Mayflower?

5. In Claudia's mind, what are the goals of Sylvia and women like her?

(see the answer key)

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