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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8: "Kindly Forget My Existence".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Arm and Dympna meet Hector at Lally's, what conspiracy theory is the odd older man with Hector trying to advance?
(a) The World Cup finalists are all robots.
(b) Jesus had a twin brother.
(c) Scotland is trying to annex Ireland.
(d) There is a hidden planet in our solar system.

2. What does Doran do when Eli wants a drink but the barman is still in the cellar?
(a) Pours it himself.
(b) Yells for the barman.
(c) Tells Eli that he will just have to wait.
(d) Offers Eli his own pint.

3. When the "Diamonds" narrator meets the woman in the city, what does he tell her about his life?
(a) He tells her about his parents and his sister.
(b) He tells her about being a gym teacher at Saint Carmichael's.
(c) He tells her about his substance abuse problem and Siobhán.
(d) He makes up lies based on other people's lives.

4. What does "Father Time" always have with him?
(a) A dog.
(b) A book.
(c) A knife.
(d) A beer.

5. On page 173, the "Diamonds" narrator describes "the abrupt drumlins of his knuckles." What are "drumlins"?
(a) Short and stout mythical humanoids.
(b) Teardrop-shaped ridges formed by glacial action.
(c) Taut membranes stretched over wooden hoops or barrel heads.
(d) Boulders smoothed by wave action.

Short Answer Questions

1. Teddy describes Sarah as "daffy" (20). What does this word mean in this context?

2. In his description of his train ride home in the opening of "Diamonds," what tone does the narrator adopt in his description of the landscape?

3. Why does his manager send Bat to work in the back?

4. Whom does the "Diamonds" narrator describe as "sick-of-their-own-shit degenerates" (171)?

5. What does Dympna do for a living?

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