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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Girls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miller believe that men possess?
(a) The right to make all decisions.
(b) A uniquely male identity.
(c) The answers to all questions.
(d) The inner ability to be good fathers.

2. Miller found the characteristics of a strong male authority figure in whom?
(a) David Gentiles.
(b) John MacMurray, his mentor.
(c) Politicians.
(d) His boss.

3. How do these stories from Miller's childhood help the reader understand Miller, the author?
(a) They offer understanding of his relationship with his mother.
(b) They explain his sad childhood.
(c) They validate Miller's authority on the subject of fatherless childhood.
(d) They explain his writing style.

4. Who is Miller's intended audience?
(a) Men.
(b) Boys only.
(c) Men and women.
(d) Women.

5. What does Miller's search to understand himself as a child without a father lead to?
(a) A spiritual journey.
(b) It does not lead to anything.
(c) A new life.
(d) An emotional journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason that Miller gives for failing to find positive male influences in his life?

2. Chapter 1 emphasizes what difficulties for boys who grow up without fathers?

3. What does the landlord's son, who attempts to fill in as a father figure on a camping trip, forget?

4. Miller writes specifically to appeal to what type of humor?

5. In Chapter 9, Miller describes a story of watching a girl who met and broke up with several girls. What is the setting of the meetings between this girl and the boys?

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