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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Preface to The Child Runs Deep in Filibert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joey chew on while he listens to the schoolgirl talk with a friend on the phone?
(a) A stick of chewing gum.
(b) A toothpick.
(c) The collar of his shirt.
(d) A ball of licorice.

2. Which of the following items is not something then narrator considers an interruption in life?
(a) Daily trivia.
(b) Sleep.
(c) The doorbell.
(d) The telephone.

3. Which of the following processes is not one the narrator is quick to do?
(a) Theorize.
(b) Rationalize.
(c) Systematize.
(d) Clarify.

4. Which of the following groups of people is not one to whom the narrator compares his literary work?
(a) Office workers.
(b) Cowboys.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Schoolgirls.

5. What does the narrator extol for creating mythology?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best describes the schoolgirl?

2. Which musician does the narrator claim audiences appreciate only because the larger musical world tells them to?

3. According to the narrator, what are all underdeveloped artists bound to create?

4. Which of the following metaphors does the narrator use to describe the way a novel is constructed?

5. What time does the school girl agree to meet her friends for a movie?

(see the answer key)

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