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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the depression revealed?
(a) Mel makes a guess.
(b) The old man tells someone.
(c) Mel discovers it in a dream.
(d) Hospital staff find a letter.

2. Who is the narrator?
(a) Mel.
(b) Nick.
(c) Terri.
(d) Laura.

3. Why does Mel say he would have liked to have been born in medieval times?
(a) So he could have cooked better food for "the masses."
(b) So he could have had a shorter lifespan.
(c) So he could have worn armor.
(d) So he could have courted a woman more properly.

4. Which of the following best describes the mood of the old woman at the end of Mel's story?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Calm.
(c) It is not clear.
(d) Depressed.

5. Why does Terri have this reaction to Mel's story about the old couple?
(a) She is afraid their intimate love will not last forever.
(b) She is jealous that she cannot evoke the same sense of love from Mel.
(c) She understands how Mel feels.
(d) She is angry at Laura for making Mel cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a symbol in Carver's story?

2. What does Nick do as a sign of romantic love?

3. Who says that Terri's ex-boyfriend is so inept that he can't even kill himself properly?

4. What does Nick notice after the story is over?

5. Where are the other characters when Mel begins to talk about love?

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