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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Do Not Go Gentle".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Search Engine," what is the title of Harlan Atwater's poetry book?
(a) Drumbeats.
(b) In the Reservation of My Mind.
(c) Soul Sonnets.
(d) Indian Heart Songs.

2. What happens to the woman after she has a laughing, crying, kicking fit on the man's carpet?
(a) She falls and hits her head.
(b) She throws up.
(c) She has a seizure.
(d) She tries to seduce the man.

3. To where does the man carry the woman at the end of "Can I Get a Witness?"
(a) To her home.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To the police.
(d) To his bed to make love to her.

4. What school does Corliss attend?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Washington State University.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

5. What is the woman who is the main character of "Can I Get a Witness?" doing at the beginning of the story?
(a) Eating lunch at a restaurant.
(b) Having an affair.
(c) Taking her child to school.
(d) Working at a law firm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't the parents of the baby in "Do Not Go Gentle" name their son at the beginning of the story?

2. How many people survive the bomb explosion?

3. What does the unnamed man who is the main character of "Do Not Go Gentle" call sorrow?

4. At the dinner Richard attends, how many other single people are seated at his table?

5. To what city does the woman to whom Richard is attracted at the dinner move?

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