I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

According to Bryson, what is the result of the "abundance of choice" in America? (from The Great Indoors, Death Watch, In Praise of Diners, Shopping Madness, The Fat of the Land, Your New Computer, How to Rent a Car, The Wasteland, The Flying Nightmare and Enough Already)

A lot of time wasted.

A lot of happy people.

A lot of rich business owners.

A simple way of life.

2.

How many "new" consumer products does Bryson say are launched every year in the United States? (from The Great Indoors, Death Watch, In Praise of Diners, Shopping Madness, The Fat of the Land, Your New Computer, How to Rent a Car, The Wasteland, The Flying Nightmare and Enough Already)

25,000.

2 million.

250,000.

2,000.

3.

What word associated with Christmas does Bryson wonder about at the beginning of "The Mysteries of Christmas"? (from Ah, Summer!, A Day at the Seaside, On Losing a Son, Highway Diversions, Fall in New England, The Best American Holiday, Deck the Halls, Fun in the Snow, The Mysteries of Christmas, Life in a Cold Climate)

Merry.

Noel.

A-wassailing.

Yule.

4.

What is Bryson satirizing in "Last Night on the Titanic"? (from At a Loss, Old News, Rules for Living, Our Town, Word Play, Last Night on the Titanic, Property News, Life's Technicalities, An Address and Coming Home: Part II)

Rich people on cruise ships.

How the English stay calm, cool, and collected.

Disaster movies.

People who speak English well.

5.

What is one complaint Bryson has about the small towns around him? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

That everyone uses their car to get around.

That people are rude.

That he can't find a decent dentist.

There are no libraries.

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