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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Calm With Horses" Pages 79-131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On their visit to Fannigan's house, what does Arm decide Fannigan's outfit is meant to do?
(a) Demonstrate his poverty.
(b) Emphasize his frailty.
(c) Intimidate Arm.
(d) Impress women.

2. Dympna is convinced that Hector is "working the slow grift" on the woman in Ballintober (98). What does this mean he thinks Hector is doing?
(a) Pretending to like her so that he can have sex with her.
(b) Spending time with her to con her out of money.
(c) Limiting their time together so she does not find out how he makes his money.
(d) Stringing her along until he finds a woman he likes better.

3. What does Bat find in the gas station's bathroom sink?
(a) A daddy long legs.
(b) A broken tube of lipstick.
(c) An empty beer can.
(d) A wad of toilet paper.

4. What technique is used when, on page 23, Teddy describes Sarah's father as a "hair-covered pudding"?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Synechdoche.

5. In Bat's dream, what does the "mustard-seed" suit allude to?
(a) A Jewish folktale.
(b) A passage in the Bible.
(c) A Greek myth.
(d) A film he saw in childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Usula?

2. What do Tain, Heg, and Bat do on their break?

3. In "Bait," Teddy describes Matteen as feeling "dolour" (19). What does this mean Matteen is feeling?

4. What rule is strictly enforced at the Peacock?

5. How old is Jimmy?

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