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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what book does Bobby read while he is on his dive job?
(a) Man and Citizen.
(b) Leviathan.
(c) Behemoth.
(d) The Portable Atheist.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, how does John sum up Bobby's history?
(a) As a man who has been rejected by God.
(b) As a man broken on the wheel of devotion.
(c) As a man who dances with fate.
(d) As a man whose tragedy is his sun.

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where does Bobby go to work after returning from his grandmother's house?
(a) On a jack-up rig off the coast of Florida.
(b) On a salvage dive off the Gulf coast.
(c) On a science boat in the Atlantic.
(d) On a river in Houston, Texas.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, who does John say is wiser than Hamlet?
(a) Krantz
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Rosenberg.
(d) Trimalchio.

5. What is on the chain that the hunter finds in the snow near the girl?
(a) A key and ring.
(b) A cross and a star.
(c) A lotus flower and a diamond.
(d) A ruby and gold leaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does he switch his major to?

2. In the Italicized section of the Chapter 1, in the girl's dream, what are she and Bobby running after?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, who does Bobby visit with when he visits the hospital?

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the real reason he changed his major?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what is Bobby's job?

(see the answer key)

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