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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 185 – 228; [From the ceiling…]; Paradoxical Effects (Jane).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What environment does the narrator say Darren’s camouflage pants helped him disappear into?
(a) Kansas society.
(b) American empire.
(c) Kansas plains.
(d) Topeka suburbs.

2. What was the first instance Jane recalled of watching herself ignore her own knowledge?
(a) Learning that her painted tissue box was a lie.
(b) Neglecting to buy airline tickets.
(c) Reading during her graduate studies, which she did not realize she identified with.
(d) Burying her memory of her father’s abuse.

3. How long does the narrator say it will take Adam to see the connection between Amber’s story and her actions?
(a) 20 years.
(b) A month.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) An hour.

4. Who did Amber thank for dinner before Jane’s event?
(a) Jane.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Sima.
(d) Adam.

5. How does Jonathan see his dissertation research putting him in Ziegler’s position?
(a) He has revealed the underlying chaos in language.
(b) He has revealed the pervasive hostility in language.
(c) He has documented the animalistic subtext to language.
(d) He has exposed the grudging psychology that uses language for its ends.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Adam when he had his picture taken with Bob Dole?

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

3. Where was Jonathan returning the U.S. from, when he recalls being 16, at the beginning of the New York School chapter?

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

5. What was the first thing Darren’s powers supposedly manifested?

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