Playground: A Novel Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Richard Powers
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Playground: A Novel Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Richard Powers
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 63 - 140.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “Before the Earth, / before the moon, / before the stars, / before the sun, / before the sky, / even before the sea, / there was only time and Ta’aroa.”
(b) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
(c) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
(d) “Indeed, we have heard how, in days of yore, / the heroes of Spear-Danes did valorous deeds, / and of the majesty of their monarchs!”

2. What game does Rafi play with his grandfather?
(a) Rummy.
(b) Cribbage.
(c) Mancala.
(d) Nine Men's Morris.

3. What is the name of Rafi’s sister?
(a) Shaundy.
(b) Sondy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Sony.

4. In what year does Evie begin college?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1963.

5. How does the novel gloss the term “mana”?
(a) Respect.
(b) Circuses.
(c) Magic.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the novel gloss the term “gati”?

2. As what is Rafi’s stepfather employed?

3. What call number does Todd read through in his hometown library?

4. How does the novel gloss the term “fenua”?

5. To which university does Evie apply?

(see the answer key)

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