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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Get over it, loser.
(b) Out of my way, jackass.
(c) Go away, asshole.
(d) Give it up, fucker.

2. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) A sport's game.
(b) Politics.
(c) A tip.
(d) A parking space.

3. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?
(a) Argue.
(b) Hug.
(c) Say I love you.
(d) Smile.

4. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?
(a) The grandmother told him she hoped he had his old grandchildren someday.
(b) The grandmother told him she hoped someday he loves someone as much as she loves him.
(c) The grandmother told him she hoped he never loves anyone as much as she loves him.
(d) The grandmother told him she hoped he had a nice piano lesson.

5. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing his grandfather's illness.
(b) When discussing her children.
(c) When discussing her life in Europe before the war.
(d) When discussing her heart condition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

2. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?

3. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?

4. What symbol represents the pedal point?

5. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

(see the answer key)

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