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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Reasons for Staying - Almost Human, Pages 75 - 95).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" wear as he falls?
(a) His ring.
(b) His hat.
(c) His gloves.
(d) Blue vans.

2. What does the fall actually do to the speaker in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) Makes him respected.
(b) Makes him honest.
(c) Makes him sad.
(d) Makes him real.

3. In "Nothing," what does the speaker brush from Peter's beard?
(a) Ice.
(b) Fuzz.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Crumbs.

4. In "Not Even," why does a young woman once tell the speaker he is "lucky"?
(a) He is limitless.
(b) He is brilliant.
(c) He is young.
(d) He is gay and he gets to write about "war and stuff."

5. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," what does the speaker think might be temporary?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Time.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Extinction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What institution does the speaker visit in "The Punctum"?

2. In "Künstlerroman," what does the speaker do with the movie once it ends?

3. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker compare his mother's face to?

4. In "Dear Peter," what does the man in the back of Walgreens once say to the speaker?

5. In "Reasons for Staying," what is the speaker's "last address"?

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