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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. Of "Little Scotty Beckett," the narrator says, "Scotty was a big-eyed Rascal who used to run with" whom, in Chapter 6 (84)?
(a) Spanky.
(b) Fat Albet.
(c) Hominy.
(d) Buckwheat.

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

3. How old was Wheezer when he died?
(a) 41.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

4. Who is the City Match Consultant that called the narrator about his application with Dickens?
(a) Jean Piaget.
(b) Susan Silverman.
(c) Curtis Baxter.
(d) Charisma Molina.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what name does the narrator say he calls his marijuana in Chapter 11?

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

4. 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)?

5. How does the narrator translate "Cogito, ergo Boogieum" to English in Chapter 14 (183)?

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