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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Sniper".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The conflicting descriptions of the sniper that make him sound both young and mature are an example of what technique?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Personification.
(d) Allusion.

2. What is the first physical sensation the sniper feels in the place where he has been shot?
(a) Warmth.
(b) A sharp shock.
(c) Numbness, or absence.
(d) Overwhelming pain.

3. In the opening of the story, machine guns fire "spasmodically." How are they firing?
(a) Loudly.
(b) In brief bursts with no regular pattern.
(c) Continuously.
(d) With a deep reverberating sound.

4. How does the sniper get off of the rooftop?
(a) By the ladder he has with him.
(b) Through a skylight.
(c) Via a set of fire stairs.
(d) By jumping to a lower building.

5. At the end of the story, the reader learns that the story has been taking place on the corner of what street?
(a) Christchurch.
(b) Lifford.
(c) O'Connell.
(d) Donnybrook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the sniper's eyes described?

2. The narrator says that the sniper can hear the "dull panting" (96) of the enemy armored car. This is an example of which technique?

3. What bridge is near the sniper's position?

4. Why is the sniper eating?

5. What do the Free Staters want?

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