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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Steinbeck, _____________ is the greater part of recognition.
(a) context
(b) news coverage
(c) a handsome face
(d) likeability

2. To what does Steinbeck compare the futility of trying to control a trip?
(a) Trying to control a marriage
(b) Trying to shoot fish in a barrel
(c) Trying to herd cats
(d) Trying to swim upstream

3. What has come over the country since Steinbeck's last trip?
(a) Wealth and prosperity
(b) A sense of pride
(c) Overwhelming sadness
(d) Many changes

4. Where was Charley trained?
(a) Atlanta
(b) France
(c) New York
(d) New Orleans

5. Steinbeck writes, "We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; _______________________
(a) we enter into a new dimension."
(b) we define destinies."
(c) a trip takes us."
(d) we take a journey."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what vehicle did Steinbeck travel on this trip?

2. What does Steinbeck call this state of journeying?

3. How old is Steinbeck at the time that he starts on his journey?

4. Who are the only ones who will understand the inability to control a trip?

5. What does Steinbeck consider himself to be?

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