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

2. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?
(a) Epizeuxis.
(b) Epistrophe.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Antanaclasis.

3. In Gin's dream about the beach, why has the narrator left her alone?
(a) He is trying to help find a lost child.
(b) He has gone to get some mustard.
(c) After they have sex, he loses interest in her.
(d) They have had a big fight.

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

5. In the story's opening, what details are related to the passage of time?
(a) The condition of the Rambler and the rosary.
(b) Light and darkness.
(c) Grass, leaves, and snow.
(d) Gin's bed and their parents' cars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?

3. 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)?

4. What does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?

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

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