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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first player say the person taking over for him will do?
(a) Tie the game.
(b) Quit before the game is over.
(c) Win.
(d) Lose.

2. Who was universally derided by the residents of Spoon River?
(a) Zilpha Marsh.
(b) Elijah Browning.
(c) Lydia Humphrey.
(d) Arlo Will.

3. Where did Ippolit Konovaloff work?
(a) Spoon River.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Springfield.

4. Where are the voices at the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) On the Hill.
(b) In the Spoon River church.
(c) In the Spoon River courthouse.
(d) Behind a screen.

5. What was the name of John Wasson's wife?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Emily.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) Rebecca.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Spoon River Anthology"?

2. Who wrote an article on the intelligence of plants?

3. Whose children were a success while he was a failure?

4. What did Dippold the Optician see eyeglass lenses as a metaphor for?

5. Who cursed God?

(see the answer key)

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