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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Bart Pollock?
(a) Jackson Pollack's brother.
(b) General sales manager for the electronics division of Knox Business Machines.
(c) CEO of Knox Machine Company.
(d) Frank's friend.

2. As he approaches his house, what does Frank notice?
(a) The curtains are drawn in the picture window.
(b) No one is home.
(c) There is a police car in the driveway.
(d) All the lights are on.

3. What does April repeatedly ask Frank about living in Europe?
(a) How he would feel about not moving to Europe.
(b) If he is sure he still wants to move.
(c) If he wants to move within the month.
(d) How he would feel about taking long vacation in Europe with his income as a successful employee of Knox Business Machines.

4. What does April say Europe will do for him?
(a) Provide him a break from reality.
(b) Save him from the depression into which he is sinking.
(c) Give him a taste of life away from New York City and the suburbs of Connecticut.
(d) Provide the correct cultural background for him to find a meaningful life for himself.

5. What does Frank fantasize about Maureen Grube?
(a) Making love to her.
(b) Removing her sweater and baring her breasts.
(c) Asking her out on a date.
(d) Talking to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the reader learn a lot of back story on the current situation between Frank and April?

2. What does the audience do during intermission?

3. What had Frank once boasted to April years earlier?

4. With what does Frank Wheeler awaken?

5. Of what is the drab, ugly architecture of the Knox Building in New York City where Frank Wheeler works in sales promotion is an emblem?

(see the answer key)

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