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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Why I Don't Write" and "While It Lasts".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Torch," what is the first question that the woman asks?
(a) She asks for her medication.
(b) She wants to know who is in the room with her.
(c) She wants to know where her husband has been.
(d) She asks for some water.

2. On page 71 of "Why I Don't Write," of which author does the narrator say, "Open any page...and have the top of your head taken off"?
(a) Rimbaud.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Dickenson.
(d) Dylan.

3. On page 31 of "Occupied," what event is alluded to in the sentence, "If you'd been in New York, you had your story"?
(a) The 2017 Women's March.
(b) The 2011 Occupy Wall Street protest.
(c) The 2008 Times Square bombing.
(d) The 2001 World Trade Center bombing.

4. In "Polepole," who is Cecily?
(a) "The man's" wife.
(b) This is Daisy's real name.
(c) Bragg's boss.
(d) "The man's" servant's wife.

5. In "The Torch," where does the dying woman announce they will go on the following day?
(a) To the movies.
(b) Out dancing.
(c) To a party.
(d) To the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Occupied," what does Ivy think about the protest encampment when she first sees it?

2. On page 66 of "Why I Don't Write," what is the subject of the only article the narrator reads all the way through?

3. In "Polepole," what is Daisy's job?

4. In "While It Lasts," George is said to be "an expert at being flippant" (82). What does this mean George is good at?

5. In "Polepole," after "the man" punishes the older boy, how does the boy react?

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