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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15: Any Where Out of the World, Let's Beat Up the Poor! & Good Dogs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Already!" how many suns have set according to the narrator?
(a) Fifty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) One thousand.

2. What do the men say to the narrator when he asks them questions in "To Each His Chimera"?
(a) They tell him to go away.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They say they do not know.
(d) They say he is too poor to talk to.

3. How does the narrator feel at the end of "Cake"?
(a) Confused.
(b) Excited.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Proud.

4. In "Portraits of Mistresses", what does the one man say happens when someone decides to take a mistress?
(a) They go broke.
(b) They lose their mind.
(c) They are enlightened.
(d) They pass through stages.

5. How does the narrator know the man he meets in "The Generous Gambler"?
(a) He has always wanted to meet him.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They went to school together.
(d) They live in the same building.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Foreigner", how is beauty described?

2. In "The Soup and the Clouds", what does the man call his wife?

3. How does the poet describe the words "multitude" and "solitude" in "Crowds"?

4. What do the passengers on the ship in "Already!" talk about?

5. In "Solitude", how does the journalist back up his statement that solitude is bad for men?

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