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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the should have brackets denote?
(a) Words you know you were expected to say but could not.
(b) Words someone thinks you should have said but did not.
(c) Words that were not spoken but should have been.
(d) When you realize what you should have said after the fact.

2. Why did the speaker's brother go to the university health center a few weeks ago?
(a) He suffered panic attacks.
(b) He had a high fever for several days.
(c) He was depressed.
(d) He was having chest pains.

3. What sentence is NOT used as an example of when the reversible colon is appropriate?
(a) Sex::yes.
(b) My eyes water when I speak about my family::I don't like to speak about my family.
(c) I've never felt loved by anyone outside of my family::my persistent depression.
(d) I want a better life::my family.

4. What were the speaker and his father recently doing, despite his father's doctor telling him not to?
(a) Lifting weights.
(b) Stacking wood.
(c) Pulling weeds.
(d) Running.

5. What is the speaker's response to "Jonathan" when followed by a pedal point in the example he uses?
(a) I know.
(b) Say no more.
(c) Leave me alone.
(d) Be quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?

2. How many heart attacks has the speaker's father suffered?

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

4. What does the original use of a lowpoint then to create?

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

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