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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 37 – 68; [May break my bones…], Speech Shadowing (Jonathan).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darren say has been hanging in space all his life?
(a) His mother’s face.
(b) A knife.
(c) The sun.
(d) A cue ball.

2. How did Darren believe he acquired magic powers?
(a) By entering a dark cave.
(b) By kissing a girl.
(c) By rubbing poison ivy.
(d) By repeating a chant.

3. What is the spread in debate?
(a) A technique for refuting opponents’ arguments through inference.
(b) A technique for picking apart opponents’ arguments.
(c) A technique for scoring points by speaking at high speeds.
(d) A technique for misleading opponents’ arguments.

4. What does Ziegler find he can understand, once he take the pill?
(a) The language of music.
(b) The language of animals.
(c) The language of things.
(d) The language of clouds.

5. Who wrote the story about Ziegler?
(a) Hermann Hesse.
(b) Italo Calvino.
(c) Nikolai Gogol.
(d) Franz Kafka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Darren see himself driving?

2. How does Jonathan characterize the Topeka Foundation?

3. What took Adam to see Dr. Erwood?

4. How does the narrator say Bob Dole spoke at the high school debate tournament?

5. What character in American literature does Jonathan compare his patient/film intern to?

(see the answer key)

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