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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. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?
(a) Monogrammed pajamas.
(b) Cocktail attire.
(c) Spa robes.
(d) Business suits.

2. What characteristic of the area around the beach is conveyed with its nickname, the "Gold Coast"?
(a) It is full of opportunity.
(b) It is beautiful.
(c) It is similar to the Mediterranean.
(d) It is expensive.

3. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Allusion.

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

5. What is the narrator's tone when he recalls, "I was trying to calm your terror with reassuring phrases such as 'Holy shit! I don’t fucking believe this!'” (236)?
(a) Bemused.
(b) Acerbic.
(c) Ironic.
(d) Fatalistic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what sense is the drowned woman also still constantly in the narrator's thoughts?

3. What is the description of the condom springing from the narrator's fingers "like a spring from a clock" (235) meant to convey?

4. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?

5. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?

(see the answer key)

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