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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. How many individual forms of torture does the narrator believe there are in the world?
(a) 236,907.
(b) 374,008.
(c) 741,223.
(d) 156,324.

2. How does the narrator feel about literary critics who hold fast to the iron-clad rules of construction?
(a) He is confused by them.
(b) He ignores them.
(c) He admires them.
(d) He ridicules them.

3. What is the schoolgirl doing when Joey barges into her bedroom after the phone call?
(a) She is ironing her pants.
(b) She is knitting a pair of socks.
(c) She is sewing a button on a jacket.
(d) She is polishing her shoes.

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes the schoolgirl?
(a) Charismatic.
(b) Modern.
(c) Aloof.
(d) Boring.

5. What question does the schoolgirl ask Joey over and over and over when he is in her bedroom?
(a) What can I do for you?
(b) Do you need some help?
(c) Where do you think you are?
(d) How did you get in here?

Short Answer Questions

1. What fruit is the narrator interested in knowing the reader's opinion of?

2. Which community does the narrator think is the stupidest community in the world?

3. According to the narrator, what is the worst type of torture?

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

5. What is the professor who is known as "Anti-Filidor's" real last name?

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