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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes and Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” actors arrive, carrying what?
(a) Heavy burdens.
(b) Children.
(c) Guns.
(d) Sticks.

2. In “Unwritten,” how does the slave feel towards her mistress?
(a) She hates her passionately.
(b) She does not wish her mistress to suffer.
(c) She cannot wait to be freed and away from her mistress.
(d) She does not feel sorry for her and her privation.

3. In “Eternity, Lama Temple,” the speaker watches others do what?
(a) Sing songs and dance,
(b) Meditate.
(c) Give an offering, then bow and pray before a statue.
(d) Practice yoga.

4. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?
(a) Straight up thugs.
(b) Children.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Grandparents.

5. In “New Road Station,” the speaker says that history is not what?
(a) The slow tick of a clock.
(b) What is written in history books.
(c) What the Western world teaches.
(d) A crowd forming in a square chanting “no and now.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the angels described in "The Angels"?

2. In "An Old Story," the speaker says that they were told what would be horrible?

3. Why does the woman make such a strong plea at the beginning of ”I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

4. The character in "Hill Country" climbs back into the jeep and drives off back to where?

5. Jones was of what profession?

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