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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. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?
(a) Epizeuxis.
(b) Epistrophe.
(c) Antanaclasis.
(d) Anaphora.

2. 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 blindness to Gin's feelings.
(c) His relative experience compared to Gin.
(d) His eagerness to have sex with Gin.

3. 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 priest who argued that premarital sex is not a mortal sin.
(d) He was a legendary lover.

4. In the story's opening, what details are related to the story's epigraph?
(a) The condition of the Rambler and the rosary.
(b) Gin's bed and their parents' cars.
(c) Grass, leaves, and snow.
(d) Light and darkness.

5. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?
(a) Climate change.
(b) Global pandemic.
(c) Nuclear annihilation.
(d) Water scarcity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks the narrator and Gin questions as they try to leave the beach?

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

3. 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)?

4. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?

5. What does Gin tell the narrator she is afraid of when they are lying on the beach together?

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