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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reta discuss with the person she visits after her encounter with Norah in early November?
(a) Literary matters.
(b) Children of war.
(c) Feminist intellectuals.
(d) Marriage and divorce.

2. What month does Reta finally meet Arthur Springer for the first time at her home?
(a) February.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) November.

3. According to Reta, what is there a sense of that runs throughout her main characters' story?
(a) Danger.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Prudishness.
(d) Intimacy.

4. What does Tom's friend, Colin Glass, try to explain to Norah when he comes over for dinner?
(a) Curie's Theory of Radioactivity.
(b) Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
(c) Newton's Laws of Motion.
(d) Darwin's Theory of Evolution.

5. What newspaper does Emily Helt write for?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Los Angeles Times.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Colin's marriage to Marietta troubled?

2. Why does Reta think that novel writing is perhaps a pointless exercise?

3. How does Reta sign her letter to Ford-Halpern?

4. What do the Winters do when they discover where Norah sleeps at night?

5. According to Reta, young adults live in an age of prolonged _________and protracted__________.

(see the answer key)

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