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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first subject Reta and her writer friends discuss at the Orange Blossom Room?
(a) The loss of truth.
(b) The path to enlightenment.
(c) The nature of goodness.
(d) The way to forgiveness.

2. What are the two main characters' names in the sequel to Reta's first novel?
(a) Alicia and Roman.
(b) Amy and Richard.
(c) Andrea and Ramon.
(d) Alice and Robert.

3. Why does Reta include "The Hermitage" in her signature at the end of her letter of complaint about "Great Minds of the Western Intellectual World"?
(a) Because Reta feels as a writer she needs to work away from people.
(b) Because Reta feels as a woman she should focus on her home.
(c) Because Reta feels as a woman she is shut out of the universe.
(d) Because Reta feels as a mother she should tend to her family.

4. What praise does Reta give Alexander Valkner about his article "The History of Dictionaries"?
(a) Reta praises his research method.
(b) Reta praises his intellectual rigor.
(c) Reta praises his broad approach.
(d) Reta praises his personal narrative style.

5. Why is Colin's marriage to Marietta troubled?
(a) Because Marietta is unfaithful.
(b) Because Colin has suddenly left Marietta.
(c) Because Marietta has suddenly left Colin.
(d) Because Colin is unfaithful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Reta's writer friends at the Orange Blossom Room, why are women excluded from real life?

2. What present does Reta get for Norah's seventeenth birthday while on a book tour in D.C.?

3. What two languages are spoken during Reta's childhood?

4. What is the name of Reta's friend, a medical journalist who lives in Newfoundland?

5. Who does Reta meet for lunch after a radio interview in Baltimore?

(see the answer key)

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