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

2. Whose house does Adam enter at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A strangers’.
(b) Amber’s.
(c) Jason’s.
(d) His own.

3. What does Ziegler hear, once he can understand this language?
(a) The voice of God.
(b) Affection.
(c) Endless questions.
(d) Contempt.

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

5. What did Jonathan ask his subjects to do for his dissertation research?
(a) Read quickly.
(b) Sing scat songs.
(c) Debate him.
(d) Read gibberish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Darren drinking in the opening chapter?

3. Who was Jonathan about to leave, when he read the Ziegler story?

4. What did Jonathan and Jane leave at the museum when they left?

5. What was Dr. Erwood’s specialty at the Topeka Foundation?

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