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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "City Lites: An Interlude" – Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One member of the Dum Dum Donut Intellectuals discusses his children being assigned what novel to read in school in Chapter 7?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) Anne of Green Gables.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

2. What does the narrator say is the "beauty of minstrelsy" in Chapter 15 (188)?
(a) Its irony.
(b) Its overt racism.
(c) Its satire.
(d) Its timelessness.

3. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?
(a) Kitty Genovese's.
(b) Paul Wilkinson's.
(c) Sarah Greenway's.
(d) Patricia Smith's.

4. What is the area of Harlem paired with by City Match?
(a) Paris.
(b) Florence.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Juarez.

5. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?
(a) October 17, 1838.
(b) May 12, 1965.
(c) June 17, 1859.
(d) May 13, 1832.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what Kafka novel does the narrator describe Mapessa covering her face in Chapter 9?

2. Who is the only white teacher at the middle school where the narrator demonstrated castrating a calf?

3. What word from Chapter 15 means cheerful and full of energy?

4. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?

5. Where is the long-lost city of Dollersheim located?

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