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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Trunk" - Section 1 (Pages 153 - 255).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mushroom that Patricia Westerford almost commits suicide with?
(a) Lepiota brunneoincarnata.
(b) Amanita bisporigera.
(c) Podostroma cornu-damae.
(d) Galerina marginata.

2. Who is John Hoel's son that carries on his ritual of photographing the tree?
(a) Frank.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Richard.
(d) Roger.

3. What does the phrase "noli timere" that appears on a man's t-shirt in "Trunk" translate to from Latin?
(a) There is no time.
(b) I live forever.
(c) The end is near.
(d) Do not be afraid.

4. Who wrote "A leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars" (8)?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) Walt Whitman.

5. What is the name of Patricia Westerford's father?
(a) Jack.
(b) Bill.
(c) Tim.
(d) Roger.

Short Answer Questions

1. After how many days did the Stanford Prison Experiment come to a close?

2. By what month are Jorben Hoel and his wife U.S. citizens, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?

3. Where does Nicholas Hoel go to art school?

4. What is tea from the infant chestnut trees used to treat, according to the narrator in "Nicholas Hoel"?

5. How many chestnuts does Jorgen Hoel discover in the pocket of his smock from the night he proposed to his wife in "Nicholas Hoel"?

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