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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 is the professor who is known as "Anti-Filidor's" real last name?
(a) Momsen.
(b) Jonas.
(c) Spears.
(d) Cyrus.

2. Who does Kneadus choose as his second in defense during the dual?
(a) Hopek.
(b) Mizdrak.
(c) Caser.
(d) Kopydra.

3. How does the narrator claim novels are properly read?
(a) One page at a time.
(b) From cover to cover.
(c) In parts.
(d) Novels are never properly read.

4. When Joey dreams of seeing himself in various forms of maturity in a dream, how do his other "selves" treat each other?
(a) They pat each other on the backs.
(b) They ignore each other.
(c) They ridicule each other.
(d) They love and grope each other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which verb does the teacher want the students to translate even though they are not interested?

2. How does Syphon rally his men when they seem to dwindle in the schoolyard fight?

3. What insect does Kneadus eat as counter-attack to the first face in the dual?

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

5. How does the narrator feel about literary critics who hold fast to the iron-clad rules of construction?

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