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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Solid One tell the Well-Dressed Ghost to drink the cup of?
(a) Glory.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Sin.
(d) Shame.

2. Why does the man on the bus say that you don't meet historical characters in the gray town?
(a) They are all deaf.
(b) They live millions of miles away.
(c) They are all blind.
(d) They are snobbish.

3. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet rail against as a cause of much misery?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Capitalism.

4. What did the Female Ghost spend hours doing to brighten up their home?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Arranging flowers.
(c) Painting.
(d) Embroidering.

5. What animals does the narrator encounter in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Giraffes.
(b) Lions.
(c) Bears.
(d) Tigers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Short Man think about the people in the line?

2. What does the narrator walk toward when he leaves the river?

3. Who says, "We simply found ourselves in contact with a certain current of ideas and plunged into it because it seemed modern and successful?"

4. What phrase does the Tragedian repeat several times?

5. What about the space felt different after the narrator got out of the bus?

(see the answer key)

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