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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Man of Ideas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does George visit Dr. Parcival?
(a) George visits the doctor once a month.
(b) George visits the doctor every morning for a month.
(c) George only sees the doctor at the saloon.
(d) George visits the doctor for lunch each week.

2. Who is Wing's only friend?
(a) The old man.
(b) Tom Willard.
(c) Adolph Myers.
(d) George Willard.

3. What does Dr. Parcival say his objective of coming to Winesburg is?
(a) To live cheaply.
(b) To open his medical practice.
(c) To meet a woman.
(d) To write a book.

4. What does Joe tell George and Sarah's father at the Willard house?
(a) To imagine a world without crops.
(b) To imagine a world without grass.
(c) To imagine a world without bees.
(d) To imagine a world without the ground.

5. What does Jesse want to use his land for?
(a) To take in orphans.
(b) To raise sheep.
(c) To make money.
(d) To receive God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the tall, dark girl in one of her dreams?

2. What body part does Wing use to help him talk?

3. What does Tom say "Tom Willard's son" must do?

4. What happens to the writer's book?

5. How does Jesse feel about David's disappearance at the end of this story?

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