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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 25, 1983, The Elephant, Homage to Isaac Babel, One of These Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket?
(a) Margaret Atwood.
(b) Yasunari Kawabata.
(c) Julio Cortazar.
(d) Joyce Carol Oates.

2. Who wrote the story La Volpaia?
(a) Mark Helprin.
(b) Yasunari Kawabata.
(c) Jamaica Kincaid.
(d) Joyce Carol Oates.

3. How does the author say the night had fallen in The Falling Girl?
(a) Eerily.
(b) Nervously.
(c) Craftily.
(d) Spookily.

4. What does the author compare the setting sun to in The Falling Girl?
(a) A potato.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A mushroom.
(d) A halo.

5. What does the gypsy's monkey bring to him in On Hope?
(a) The Emerald of Divinity.
(b) The Royal sceptor.
(c) The Hope diamond.
(d) A crystal ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is the author of Happy Endings?

2. The author of Homage to Isaac Babel is listed as being from England and where?

3. What is the name of the man the central female character falls in love with after the death of her husband in Happy Endings?

4. Who makes an effort of reading Isaac Babel's short stories, though she does not understand them in Homage to Isaac Babel?

5. What color is the skyscraper in The Falling Girl?

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