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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Fife note as an earlier name of Plymouth Bay?
(a) Champlain Bay.
(b) Boston Harbor.
(c) Whitson Bay.
(d) Pring Inlet.

2. As which of the following does Fife define “a Writer,” as he had imagined himself being (80)?
(a) “A man committed to understanding nothing by the means of language.”
(b) “A man committed to understanding the means of language.”
(c) “A man with a child bride and listening friends.”
(d) “A man committed to understanding himself and the world by means of language.”

3. To which of the following does Fife arrange to have his luggage delivered?
(a) Strafford.
(b) Richmond
(c) Boston.
(d) Montpelier.

4. The comment that “he was unable to speak from that gap and had to cry out, like a mountain climber fallen into a glacial crevasse” (108) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

5. Which of the following does Fife note had been a girlfriend in his hometown?
(a) Uma Poppy.
(b) Orinoco Violet.
(c) Anna Laurel.
(d) Evelyn Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Fife order when eating with Nick Dafina?

2. Which of the following terms do Emma and others use to describe Fife’s mental and narrative meanderings?

3. At which of the following times does Fife note the bars close?

4. At which of the following schools is Fife reported to have taught?

5. The comment that Joan Baez “was like their Joan of Arc riding up on her white horse to inspire them and validate their plight” (130-31) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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