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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Early Essays.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Allen considering in "On Seeing a Tree in Summer"?
(a) The beauty of the deciduous forest.
(b) The motivations and characteristics of a tree.
(c) Which trees are better than others.
(d) The best time of year to plant trees.

2. What role does Flossie play in this story?
(a) She is a professor at a nearby university.
(b) She is a police woman.
(c) She is Word's wife.
(d) She is the madam of the call-girl service.

3. Who does Woody's girlfriend run away with?
(a) His brother.
(b) A circus geek.
(c) A woman named June.
(d) The mayor.

4. What is coming out of Woody's ears towards the end of "Selections from the Allen Notebooks"?
(a) Music.
(b) Hair.
(c) Tears.
(d) Scrolls.

5. What happens to Von Epps when he crashes Sigmund's wedding?
(a) He gets killed.
(b) He runs off with the bride.
(c) No one even notices that he is there.
(d) He turns all the flowers into bunnies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hans Spiro?

2. What request does Job make of God toward the end of his story?

3. What does Kaiser find the girls studying when he arrives at Flossie's call-girl center of operations?

4. What type of love is being discussed in "On Love"?

5. What happens to Klavar Akdal when the roof of the hen house collapses on him?

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