View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the social psychology bible that the narrator's father took with him to talk down folks in his town?
(a) The Planning of Change.
(b) The Faith and the Fury.
(c) The Path to Enlightenment.
(d) The Blue Future of Life.

2. What word used in the Prologue is an adjective describing a person who is optimistic regardless of the circumstances?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Panglossian.
(c) Monolithic.
(d) Epistolarian.

3. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?
(a) 1-800-FREEDOM.
(b) 1-800-GOFREE.
(c) 1-800-CONSTITUTION.
(d) 1-800-INNOCENT.

4. What does the narrator claim to listen to recordings of when he has trouble sleeping in Chapter 1?
(a) The Watergate tapes.
(b) Ocean waves.
(c) Slot machines playing.
(d) Sheep baa-ing.

5. Who killed the narrator's father?
(a) His brother.
(b) Marpessa.
(c) The police.
(d) Charisma.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes himself in the Prologue as a "not-so-proud descendant of" the Mees located where (20)?

2. Whose theory of cognitive development is cited in Chapter 1?

3. What does the narrator claim is the "calling card of the Chickasaw nation" (10)?

4. On what date was the narrator summoned to appear at the U. S. Supreme court building in the Prologue?

5. How does the narrator describe the current state of the Union in the Prologue?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 229 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample