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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Preface to The Child Runs Deep in Filidor.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following nicknames does Dr. Pimko give to Joey?
(a) Little Puppy.
(b) Little Fishie.
(c) Little Chickie.
(d) Little Bunny.

3. 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 admires them.
(c) He ignores them.
(d) He ridicules them.

4. After experiencing the dream in which the apparition waves to him, what does Joey feel most inspired to do when he wakes up?
(a) Write.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Draw.
(d) Eat.

5. Which of the following groups of people does not have major control over Joey's opinion of himself?
(a) School girls.
(b) Gentry,
(c) His parents.
(d) Office clerks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best describes Doctor T. Pimko?

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

3. Which of the following adjectives does Pimko use to describe the children on the playground in his notes?

4. How old is Joey at the opening of the novel?

5. In the English classroom after the schoolyard fight, which is the only student prepared to discuss the material?

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