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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "We Didn't".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare the other lovers on the beach?
(a) Fallen soldiers.
(b) Crash-test dummies.
(c) Abandoned mannequins.
(d) Sleeping dolls.

2. What technique is employed in the phrase "How adept we were at fumbling" (233)?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Juxtaposition.

3. In Gin's dream about the beach, why has the narrator left her alone?
(a) He has gone to get some mustard.
(b) He is trying to help find a lost child.
(c) They have had a big fight.
(d) After they have sex, he loses interest in her.

4. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?
(a) His responsible attitude.
(b) His eagerness to have sex with Gin.
(c) His relative experience compared to Gin.
(d) His blindness to Gin's feelings.

5. Which of the following techniques is used in the sentence "How adept we were at fumbling, how perfectly mistimed our timing, how utterly we confused energy with ecstasy" (233)?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Polysyndeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?

2. Which of the following is one of the places where the narrator and Gin go to try to resume their attempts at intimacy after the incident at the beach?

3. What happens after the night on the beach, when the narrator senses Gin growing distant while they are kissing?

4. What does Gin believe is true about the dead woman on the beach?

5. Why does Gin tell the narrator "Stop" when they are just about to have sex (236)?

(see the answer key)

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