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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Jordans carry when they arrive in "Talking to Myself and Feeling Old"?
(a) Pizza and beer.
(b) Bat wings and
(c) San Pellegrino and groceries.
(d) Eye of newt.

2. Who is the officiant of Marielle's funeral in "Talking to Myself and Feeling Old"?
(a) Alec.
(b) Marielle.
(c) Craig.
(d) Jordan.

3. Who is the most skeptical of the Ouija Board?
(a) Craig.
(b) Jordy.
(c) Marielle.
(d) Jordan.

4. The name Nepenthe is an example of which literary device?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Dissonance.

5. Who does Elaine de Kooning paint a portrait of?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Reagan.
(c) JFK.
(d) Trudeau.

6. When Jordan says: "Guys, knock it off," (34) that is an example of which literary device?
(a) Colloquialism.
(b) Anachronism.
(c) Personification.
(d) Dramatic Irony.

7. What are Jordan and Jordy called?
(a) The Jolly Jordans.
(b) The Jordans.
(c) The old farts.
(d) The Vagaros.

8. What does Jordy's apron say?
(a) Good food, good life, happy wife.
(b) Stressed is just desserts spelled backwards.
(c) Kiss the chef.
(d) Made for cooking.

9. Why does Naomi maintain her Big Sur house?
(a) As a shrine to her parents.
(b) As a gift for Craig.
(c) So she can resell it.
(d) Because she loves to vacation out there.

10. Who are character foils?
(a) Jordy and Jordan.
(b) Craig and Marielle.
(c) Jordy and Craig.
(d) Naomi and Craig.

11. In "We've Only Just Begun," what do Naomi and Marielle mock Craig for?
(a) His hairiness.
(b) His bad attitude.
(c) His weird swim shorts.
(d) His balding head.

12. In "Talking to Myself and Feeling Old," where does Marielle intern?
(a) At the White House as a correspondent.
(b) With her uncle in the Navy.
(c) At the Washington Post.
(d) With a U.S. senator.

13. What does the Ouija Board first spell?
(a) ALEC.
(b) MIA.
(c) SGO.
(d) HI.

14. Why did Marielle leave her life in D.C.?
(a) To open an animal rescue.
(b) To join a commune.
(c) To escape her ex-husband.
(d) To find a cure for cancer.

15. Alec believed the Harmonic Convergence does what?
(a) Shifts energy from warlike to peaceful.
(b) Is a chance to be reborn.
(c) Is a reason to stay alive until it is over.
(d) Represents the end of the modern world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marielle correct in Jordan's speech?

2. Who found Alec's dead body first?

3. When does Max divorce Marielle?

4. What does Jordy say that makes Jordan smile in "Yesterday Once More"?

5. When Naomi says: "she has risen" (147), that is an example of what?

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