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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. For how long did the faked contract read that Hominy had been the narrator's slave when he was emancipated?
(a) Six months.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

2. What is King Cuz's real name?
(a) Jean Piaget.
(b) Carl Williams.
(c) Andy Watkins.
(d) Curtis Baxter.

3. Who directed the film The Ten Commandments?
(a) Cecil B. DeMille.
(b) Fellini.
(c) Rob Reiner.
(d) Susan Silverman.

4. What Californian fast food chain does the narrator describe newcomers being fascinated with in Chapter 9?
(a) Five Guys Burgers.
(b) Rob Roy Burger.
(c) Jack-in-the-Box.
(d) In-N-Out Burger.

5. What word from Chapter 7 refers to the supernatural transformation of a person into a wolf?
(a) Panglossian.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Lycanthropy.
(d) Jurisprudence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is referred to by the narrator as "a presigious oceanfront private 'learning fulcrum'" in Chapter 12 (170)?

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to a historical clerk, scribe, or notary?

3. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?

4. How old was Wheezer when he died?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 7 that "One of the many sad ironies of African-American life is that every banal dysfunctional social gathering is called" what (93-94)?

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