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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 technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Epistrophe.
(c) Epizeuxis.
(d) Litotes.

2. On the summer night when Alan and Frank go to Brenda's apartment, why do they end up missing her party?
(a) They have been working late.
(b) They misunderstood when it was supposed to start.
(c) They were not actually invited.
(d) They have been out drinking.

3. What is Alan's page 33 assessment of Cummings, their classmate who now serves in Congress?
(a) "A lightweight."
(b) "A sneak."
(c) "A toady."
(d) "A zero."

4. From context, what can be inferred about the neighborhood of Bryant Park?
(a) It is predominantly Italian.
(b) It is full of law offices.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) It is expensive.

5. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?
(a) "A dropped stone."
(b) "A huge dog."
(c) "A thirteen-year-old."
(d) "A rocket to the moon."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank offer Eda while they are in the car riding around Arezzo?

2. What is the narrator implying about Brenda's discussion of her children with the comment "The first act was over.... Now came the plot" (37)?

3. What is a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?

4. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "funny" in "In those days they were living in apartments with funny furniture" (25)?

5. What does Frank say New York is divided into?

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