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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "American Express" pages 35-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Frank been shopping for while in Italy?
(a) Real estate.
(b) Art.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Jewelry and watches.

2. When Alan is talking about his divorce, what does Frank interrupt him to show him?
(a) A legal passage dealing with spousal support.
(b) An alumni magazine.
(c) The view from his balcony.
(d) His Biedermeier desk.

3. What is Alan's family's religious background?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Protestant.

4. When Frank tells Alan that he can drive Brenda to Rome himself, what does Brenda tell Frank?
(a) That he has no idea how to treat women.
(b) That one day Alan will get fed up with him.
(c) That he should have become a politician.
(d) That he is a lawyer even in his personal life.

5. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alan notice about Frank when Frank gets out of the car with Eda after they drop her off?

2. What kind of company is Hardmann Roe?

3. From context, what is likely true about the Century Club?

4. On page 30, what is being compared to an "infinite forest, the trunks and vines blocking out the light"?

5. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?

(see the answer key)

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