Very Recent History Quiz

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Take our free Very Recent History quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

According to narration, what is the purpose or point of living in the City? (from Part 2, Section 1)

To acquire money and capital.

To party a lot and have plenty of sex.

To make enough money and capital to afford to leave.

To find the right person to spend your life with.

2.

What is John's response when he finds out in Part 2, Section 2 that Tyler has been trying to spend time with someone else? (from Part 2, Section 2)

John tells Tyler he has had enough, and is not interested in spending time with him any more.

John asks Ralph to try to talk Tyler into spending time with him.

John keeps trying to get Tyler to spend time with him.

John kidnaps Tyler and takes him on a romantic date.

3.

What habit is John not good at, but participates in anyway because his friends are doing it? (from Part 1, Section 2)

Drinking.

Drugs.

Smoking.

Jogging.

4.

When he gets a raise at work, how much of it does John consider putting towards his debt? (from Part 2, Section 4)

All of it.

Half of it.

None of it.

Most of it.

5.

What story-telling tradition, or phrase, seems to be deliberately echoed in the first lines of the introduction, and why is this significant? (from Part 1, Section 1 )

"Once upon a time" - it suggests the story is meant to be read like a biography.

"It was a dark and stormy night" - it suggests the story is meant to be read like a thriller.

"Once upon a time" - it suggests the story is meant to be read like a fairy tale.

"This is what happened" - it suggests the story is meant to be read like a historical narrative.

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