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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, who was the pianist jealous over?
(a) Alison.
(b) Tobey.
(c) Dagmar.
(d) Jean.

2. According to the end of Chapter 1, what is significant about anarchy?
(a) The author presents a paradoxical view of it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It has control.
(d) It is defined and refuted.

3. What does the author describe grew between the pianist and Jean?
(a) A growing enmity.
(b) A growing friendship.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) A loving relationship.

4. What does the metaphor of multiple floors in his school suggest?
(a) School brought meaning to his life.
(b) School took him away from life.
(c) The higher the class was in the building, the harder the information would be.
(d) The higher the class was in the builing, the less relevant it would be to his life.

5. What is understood about the author and his perception of the people he introduces in Chapters 2 and 3?
(a) He understands the people more while writing about them, rather than when he was living it.
(b) He hates them.
(c) He loves and feels supports from them.
(d) He needs them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe in the final section of Chapter 1?

2. What was the author in constant fear of in Chapter 4?

3. When did the author and Tobey begin to explore the English language's crudities?

4. What was the name of the experimental boarding school the author attended in Chapter 1?

5. How old was Alison when the family left New York?

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