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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 26-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of appeal is the narrator making when he says "being as I want to tell the truth, I have to say that that is how it happen" (14)?
(a) Appeal to logos.
(b) Appeal to authority.
(c) Appeal to pathos.
(d) Appeal to ethos.

2. What technique is employed when the narrator says, "If I was writing a story I could make up all sorts of things" (14)?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Irony.
(d) Paradox.

3. Why does Battersby's sister warn Matilda about him?
(a) Battersby is known to lie all the time.
(b) Battersby tries to sleep with all of her friends.
(c) Battersby already has an illegitimate child.
(d) Battersby did not treat his last girlfriend well.

4. What is Battersby's sister irritated about when she comes downstairs to where Battersby's friends have gathered?
(a) They have made a mess.
(b) They did not include her in their plans.
(c) They are smoking marijuana.
(d) They are all hitting on Matilda.

5. What reason does Nobby give for thinking that Harry will not be able to make a success of his singing career?
(a) He sings the wrong kind of music.
(b) He is not talented.
(c) He is easy to manipulate.
(d) He is Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does the story open?

2. Who is the author of The Housing Lark?

3. What does the expression "as if butter won't melt in his mouth" mean (8)?

4. Who comes to Battersby's apartment while he is trying to eat breakfast?

5. What technique is used when the narrator says that "Up in the atmosphere thunder roll with laughter"?

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