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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Listen" and "The Language of Cats and Dogs".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In "Why I Don't Write," what claim is made about the impact of having children on female writers?
(a) It is an obstacle to their success.
(b) It focuses their writing too narrowly.
(c) It makes them more creative.
(d) It deepens the emotion of their work.
2. In "Why I Don't Write," what does the narrator have a dream about?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Lobsters.
(c) Sledding.
(d) Baseball.
3. In "Occupied," what cause did Ivy knock on doors for when she was younger?
(a) Cleaning up polluted waterways.
(b) Ending strip-mining in the Southwest.
(c) Ending the killing of Alaskan seals.
(d) Closing America's nuclear plants.
4. In "Occupied," Ivy sees a "doppelgänger." What does she see?
(a) The hallucination of a disembodied spirit.
(b) Someone who looks like the twin of an unrelated person.
(c) A statue of a mythological creature.
(d) A puppet or dummy that has an eerily lifelike quality.
5. In "The Language of Cats and Dogs," what is the first thing that Tower does after he parks the car?
(a) Recites a line of poetry.
(b) Takes a drink from a flask.
(c) Puts his hand on Sophie's leg.
(d) Turns off the radio.
Short Answer Questions
1. On page 36 of "Occupied," which character is said to have "no intention at all"?
2. In "Café Mort," what were the Russian dancer's dances about when she was alive?
3. On page 108 of "Boston Common at Twilight," what causes Ned to feel "something hot and terrible rush through him"?
4. In "Polepole," why does "the man" pull over when he is driving Daisy home after dinner?
5. In "While It Lasts," what has Bonnie found a "newfound satisfaction" in (81)?
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