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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. What intellectual friend does the narrator visit in Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Phillip.
(c) Jack.
(d) Paul.

2. Where is the university student in La Volpaia heading to by train?
(a) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

3. Where is the university student in La Volpaia departing by train?
(a) Italy.
(b) England.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) France.

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

5. What rises in the water at the end of On Hope?
(a) An octopus.
(b) A shark.
(c) A demon.
(d) An angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author say the night had fallen in The Falling Girl?

2. When do they bury the player in Death of the Right Fielder?

3. What is the man's sole profession in The Laughter?

4. In Death of the Right Fielder, how was the right fielder received by his teammates?

5. What does the author compare the setting sun to in The Falling Girl?

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