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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through If the Impressionists Had Been Dentists.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator in the section "Early Essays"?
(a) It is a literary critic.
(b) It is an unnamed narrator.
(c) It is Allen himself.
(d) It is Allen's best childhood friend.

2. Why does Diabetes insist that the play must have an ending?
(a) Because everything in nature must have an end.
(b) Because no one will come see an endless play.
(c) Because it is the law.
(d) Because the ending is the best part.

3. Who is Clifford Wheel's murderer?
(a) He killed himself.
(b) Ives the manservant.
(c) His neighbor Ms. Pennyton.
(d) The butler Oliver.

4. What does Mr. Dubbs's brother warn his still-living siblings about?
(a) He warns them against listening to the weather man.
(b) He warns that a storm is coming and they won't be in Kansas anymore.
(c) He warns them not to look a gift horse in the mouth.
(d) He warns that a dark blue suit and argyle socks were a bad idea.

5. How does Sigmund kill himself?
(a) He does not kill himself.
(b) Running head first into a brick wall.
(c) He jumps out of a plane without a parachute.
(d) By swallowing a barbell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following authors are not mentioned in the essay "But soft...Real Soft"?

2. What type of writings is A Brief, Yet Helpful, Guide to Civil Disobedience parodying?

3. Which insect does one of the women in "The Predators" fall in love with?

4. What is the instrument used to kill Clifford Wheel?

5. What does the narrator claim that Dorf and Netta symbolize?

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