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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Lavinia: An old Story” - “Ruthy and Edie”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator when she sees her ex-husband at the start of "Wants"?
(a) The library.
(b) The playground.
(c) The doctor's office.
(d) Her apartment stoop.

2. Who did Vlashkin quote after Rose told him his book was somewhat egocentric?
(a) Himself.
(b) Chekov.
(c) Shakespear.
(d) Homer.

3. What side job did Rose do in order to pay her rent?
(a) Telephone operator.
(b) Making paper flowers.
(c) Food delivery driver.
(d) Hair dresser.

4. What does Dennis say he does "to keep on top of the world of illusion" (209)?
(a) Drives a cab.
(b) Reads the newspaper.
(c) Watches television.
(d) Goes to school.

5. What does Jerry think Kitty could do if she went into business herself in "Come on, Ye Sons of Art"?
(a) Travel the world.
(b) Send her kids to a good college.
(c) Become rich.
(d) Move out of her neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Josephine's grandmother say it was good that her sons had all gone away?

2. What does the older woman suggest the unwed mothers at the playground do in "Northeast Playground"?

3. Why does the narrator question her husband's story about his lover, Dotty Wasserman?

4. Who is the narrator of "An Interest in Life"?

5. What does Faith tell her father must happen before she can visit him again at the end of "Faith in the Afternoon"?

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