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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. What do the writer and the carpenter have in common?
(a) The both have white mustaches.
(b) They both lose a brother.
(c) The both are in prison.
(d) They both ride bikes.

2. Where does George walk after leaving work one night?
(a) Along the curb.
(b) Up and down everyone's walkways.
(c) In the alleyway.
(d) Down the center of the street.

3. Where does Louise tell George to wait?
(a) Behind the saloon.
(b) By the picket fence.
(c) By William's barn.
(d) In the potato patch.

4. How does the writer describe the "truths" he writes about?
(a) Secret.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Painful.
(d) Grotesque.

5. When Elizabeth is a girl, how does she startle the people of Winesburg?
(a) By joining a circus.
(b) By wearing men's clothing.
(c) By marrying Tom.
(d) By living alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "I have a desire to make you admire me"?

2. Who says they are "too greedy for glory"?

3. What does Dr. Parcival say happens to Dr. Cronin?

4. When David and Jesse are in the forest, what makes David run?

5. What color does the Big Four paint its stations?

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