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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: "Diamonds".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jamie Duffy's nickname, "Scaldyballs," is an example of which literary device?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Symbolism.

2. What rule is strictly enforced at the Peacock?
(a) People who are drunk cannot enter.
(b) No outside alcohol is allowed.
(c) Those under 21 cannot enter.
(d) The bar closes exactly at 1:30 a.m.

3. What does the Irish slang expression "shift" mean?
(a) Kiss; make out.
(b) Drink alcohol.
(c) Use illicit drugs.
(d) Meet new people.

4. What technique is used when Paudi says that he will "have to take [the dog] for a walk up the heather" (135)?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Personification.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Allegory.

5. What makes Bat feel out of place at the gathering at The Yellow Belly?
(a) Many people in the group stand away from him and avoid talking to him.
(b) Many people in the groups stare at his drooping lip and scars.
(c) The group talks mostly about their shared experiences in college.
(d) The group talks about philosophy and politics, which he knows little about.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Val wonder if Martina knows about Joan Doody?

2. What was Dympna's reaction to Arm sleeping with three of his seven sisters?

3. When Tug stands at Jimmy's side during their conversation with Marlene and Mark, how does Jimmy characterize Tug?

4. Jimmy calls Marlene's mother "pragmatic" (4) How does she demonstrate this quality?

5. Which piece of diction injects irony into the sentence "...the only regular customers a handful of the town's senior pissheads, intent on drinking thought their pension money by a respectable hour" (40)?

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