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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. 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?
(a) The balcony of the Clark Theater.
(b) A party in the outer suburbs.
(c) Gin's grandmother's house.
(d) The narrator's best friend's house.

2. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?
(a) He was a groundbreaking psychiatrist.
(b) He was a poet who wrote about the nobility of faithfulness.
(c) He was a legendary lover.
(d) He was a priest who argued that premarital sex is not a mortal sin.

3. Who is the author of "We Didn't"?
(a) Stuart Dybek.
(b) Vincent Kowalski.
(c) Perry Katzek.
(d) Yehuda Amichai.

4. To what British author does the narrator ironically compare himself near the end of the story?
(a) H. G. Wells.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) D. H. Lawrence.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

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) Antithesis.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Synecdoche.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the poem used as an epigraph for this story?

2. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?

3. What kind of buildings are on the lovers' lane?

4. In the story's opening, what details are related to the passage of time?

5. In the light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?

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