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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 94-112.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Chinaski finds out he will have to live alone in "Rift," what does he feel?
(a) He does not feel at all alone.
(b) He feels angry.
(c) He feels that he can easily find somebody else.
(d) He feels very alone.

2. Where does Chinaski give another driver a rude gesture?
(a) Busy intersection.
(b) Library parking lot.
(c) School parking lot.
(d) Supermarket parking lot.

3. Saroyan flees from the United States to _________.
(a) France.
(b) Croatia.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

4. What is Chinaski's justification for indolence and excess?
(a) His love life.
(b) His privilege.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His existence.

5. In "A Non-urgent Poem," a man says that Chinaski has lost which of the following?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Faith.
(c) Urgency.
(d) Mood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Chinaski's teacher?

2. What is Chinaski's emotion in "I'll Take It..."?

3. Whom does Chinaski pity in "Supposedly Famous"?

4. Who is most fond of motivational cliches?

5. What is the first thing that the man whom Chinaski tries to help drops?

(see the answer key)

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