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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Reta describe her sexual relationship with Tom?
(a) As exciting and unpredictable.
(b) As dull and infrequent.
(c) As familiar and a safe routine.
(d) As uncomfortable and unpleasant.

2. Why does Reta become angry at the male author being interviewed on the literary television show?
(a) Because he dismisses her writing to the host.
(b) Because he is more successful than she is.
(c) Because he lacks talent and imagination.
(d) Because he doesn't mention any female writers who have influenced him.

3. In what point of view is Reta considering writing her novel?
(a) Third-person limited point of view.
(b) Third-person omniscient point of view.
(c) Second-person point of view.
(d) First-person point of view.

4. What constant preoccupation does Reta think is not a normal activity for anyone BUT writers?
(a) The constant preoccupation with a world that exists in the imagination.
(b) The constant preoccupation with recreating the past.
(c) The constant preoccupation with the self.
(d) The constant preoccupation with real life and death concerns.

5. What prize did Reta's novel, "My Thyme is Up," win the previous year?
(a) The Nobel Prize.
(b) The Offenden Prize.
(c) The Man Booker Prize.
(d) The Pulitzer Prize.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the idea Reta shrinks from when it comes to writing her book?

2. What kind of woman does Reta realize she cannot create for a heroine in her novel?

3. What does Reta question about her feelings for Tom?

4. Why does Natalie thank Reta on Christine's birthday in October?

5. What praise does Reta give Alexander Valkner about his article "The History of Dictionaries"?

(see the answer key)

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