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

2. What technique is evident in the phrase "feverish plucking and twanging, tom-toms, congas, and gongs" (235)?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Euphony.
(c) Hyperbaton.
(d) Double entendre.

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

4. What is the tone of the narrator's description of people in Gold Coast apartments having sex?
(a) Wry.
(b) Ghoulish.
(c) Effusive.
(d) Derisive.

5. Why does Gin tell the narrator "Stop" when they are just about to have sex (236)?
(a) She sees something in the water.
(b) She sees the police lights.
(c) The narrator's condom has fallen off.
(d) She has changed her mind about having sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say that Lake Michigan "became" the Pacific Ocean (235)?

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

3. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?

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

5. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' social circumstances?

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