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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 is the name of the central female character in Happy Endings?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Christine.

2. Who becomes engaged to Freddie in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Adolf.
(b) Petr.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Johann.

3. The author of Homage to Isaac Babel is listed as being from England and where?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Zimbabwe.
(c) Canada.
(d) Argentina.

4. The girl falling 30 meters above Marta in The Falling Girl is wearing what?
(a) A bathing suit.
(b) A cape.
(c) A ball gown.
(d) A wedding dress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics from?

2. What is the name of the central male character in Happy Endings?

3. What becomes ruined due to the boy and his father in Blackberries?

4. What does the gypsy in On Hope train monkeys to do?

5. The characters in Homage to Isaac Babel see a melodramatic movie about what?

(see the answer key)

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