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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 is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?
(a) It highlights the comic understatement of the narrator's response to the situation.
(b) It stresses the similarities between the narrator and these strangers.
(c) It forms an ironic contrast with the story's opening.
(d) It creates increasing tension as the list continues.

2. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?
(a) "Pink peace."
(b) "Restless rose."
(c) "Panorama pink."
(d) "Rose rapture."

3. What does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?
(a) His underwear.
(b) Beach sand.
(c) Gin's blanket.
(d) A condom.

4. What does the narrator compare the dead woman's hair to?
(a) A wig.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) A horse's tail.

5. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?
(a) He was a poet who wrote about the nobility of faithfulness.
(b) He was a legendary lover.
(c) He was a groundbreaking psychiatrist.
(d) He was a priest who argued that premarital sex is not a mortal sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which detail of the narrator's description of their kisses indicates the passage of time?

2. 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)?

3. What kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?

4. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?

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

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