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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. 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.

2. What technique is used in the sentence "On my fingers your slick scent mixed with the coconut musk of the suntan lotion we’d repeatedly smeared over each other's bodies" (234) ?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Imagery.

3. When the narrator unbuttons the second button on Gin's shirt, what does he see?
(a) Her camisole.
(b) Her cross.
(c) A scar.
(d) A bruise.

4. In what sense is the drowned woman also still constantly in the narrator's thoughts?
(a) He begins collecting newspaper articles about drownings.
(b) He imagines that every man he sees could be her killer.
(c) He constantly imagines her there beside Gin.
(d) He sees her as a symbol of his own recklessness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator speculate that the lightening across the water might be doing?

2. Who is the author of "We Didn't"?

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

4. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?

5. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?

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