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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 86 - 102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author's brother that was with him when they were accosted by an older boy in the woods in "Dickhead"?
(a) Matt.
(b) Mark.
(c) Michael.
(d) James.

2. Who wrote the book of essays titled Calamities?
(a) C.D. Wright.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Renee Gladman.
(d) Brian Blanchfield.

3. Who wrote the book The Hatred of Poetry?
(a) Ben Lerner.
(b) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(c) Michelle Alexander.
(d) Zadie Smith.

4. In "Hole in the Head," the author offers the following as an example of what literary device? "I need to be fired like I need a hole in my head" (14).
(a) Assonance.
(b) Simile.
(c) Irony.
(d) Alliteration.

5. What magazine does the author describe recently looking through in "Toto"?
(a) Cosmopolitan Magazine.
(b) The Chicago Tribune Weekend Magazine.
(c) The New York Times Style Magazine.
(d) The Reader's Digest Magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author's friend that has been writing a book about innocence, according to his essay "The Negreeting"?

2. What does the author describe on his socks in "Reading Palms"?

3. Where does the author describe being on his way to for a reading in "Umbrella in the Cafe"?

4. Who is the author of the book the author describes reading in "Praying Mantis"?

5. Where does the author describe his brother's first house in "Weirdly Untitled"?

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