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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sniper drinking?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tea.
(d) Milk.

2. Why does the protagonist expose his hand by draping it over the parapet?
(a) He needs to risk it in order to get his gun.
(b) To show a white flag.
(c) To make it look like he has been shot.
(d) He is unaware that he has done so.

3. When the sniper turns over the body of his enemy, whom does he discover it to be?
(a) His own brother.
(b) A total stranger.
(c) His priest.
(d) His commander.

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

5. In what city does "The Sniper" take place?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Cork.
(c) Galway.
(d) Belfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Republicans want?

2. Once he is wounded, what makes it difficult for the sniper to achieve his goal?

3. Once his enemy has died, the sniper begins to "gibber" (98). What is he doing?

4. The sniper's face is described as "ascetic" (96). What does this imply about the sniper?

5. What word (or a variation of it) is repeated several times after the sniper is shot?

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