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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 "Why I Don't Write," which author does the narrator say stopped writing poetry at 21?
(a) Dickenson.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Dylan.
(d) Rimbaud.

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?
(a) A missing child.
(b) A suicide.
(c) A traffic accident.
(d) A bombing.

3. In "Occupied," what are the boxes of books being used for?
(a) To raise money for the protest.
(b) An informal school.
(c) A lending library.
(d) To hold down the plastic tarps.

4. In "While It Lasts," who is hosting the dinner party?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) George.
(d) Richard.

5. In "Occupied," what are Ivy's friends referring to when they tell her "You don't want that" (40)?
(a) Her relationship with her lover.
(b) Her move out of New York.
(c) Her troublesome client.
(d) Her divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Polepole," what tribal people does the gate guard belong to?

2. In "Occupied," when Ivy sees the labeled boxes of books, what book category does she wonder if she will ever see?

3. In "Why I Don't Write," what is a logical antecedent for "one" in the sentence "He got another one, prettier, younger" (72)?

4. On page 75 of "Why I Don't Write," the exclamation point in "Passing a man who holds your gaze!" is likely meant to convey what emotions?

5. In "Polepole," who is Cecily?

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