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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) Anaphora.
(b) Epizeuxis.
(c) Epistrophe.
(d) Antanaclasis.

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

3. Why does the narrator say that Lake Michigan "became" the Pacific Ocean (235)?
(a) He is referencing the film From Here to Eternity.
(b) He is experiencing a feeling of being lost in space and time.
(c) Gin has always imagined losing her virginity on a California beach.
(d) The sound of the waves is exaggerated by his excitement.

4. What is the first priority of the ambulance attendant when he arrives?
(a) To ask whether Gin and the narrator know the woman's name.
(b) To try to give the woman CPR.
(c) To see if the baby is also deceased.
(d) To demand that the woman be covered up.

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?
(a) The condom.
(b) A dead body.
(c) Dead fish.
(d) Garbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story's opening, what details are related to the story's epigraph?

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

3. To what British author does the narrator ironically compare himself near the end of the story?

4. What technique is employed in the phrase "How adept we were at fumbling" (233)?

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

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