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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 247-279.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator injure himself in the house?
(a) He hits his head in the shower.
(b) He cuts his finger in the kitchen.
(c) He bangs his shin on a coffee table.
(d) He stubs his toe on a door frame.

2. What book does the narrator see on Gulliver’s bed?
(a) Naked Lunch by Burroughs.
(b) Franny and Zooey by Salinger.
(c) War and Peace by Tolstoy.
(d) Ham on Rye by Bukowski.

3. Why does the narrator hang up on Andrew Martin’s mother?
(a) Because he is afraid she will see that he is not her son.
(b) Because Isobel comes into the room with a question for him.
(c) Because there are no cosmic consequences if he does.
(d) Because he needs to talk to Gulliver about school.

4. Where do the narrator and Maggie go from his office?
(a) To a pub.
(b) To a river bank.
(c) To his house.
(d) To an empty classroom.

5. What does the narrator like about Emily Dickinson’s poetry?
(a) Its mythical narratives.
(b) Its respect for absolute decrees.
(c) Its focus on the open-ended nature of human experience.
(d) Its love for fellow human beings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the top secret thing Ari mentions to the narrator?

2. How does the narrator characterize the effect music has on him?

3. What does the narrator say is the quintessential experience that defines being on Earth?

4. How do the narrator’s hosts characterize human beings?

5. What assumption in his audience does the narrator seek to overturn?

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