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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Zooey (pgs. 174-202).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession was Bessie in when she was younger?
(a) She was a singer.
(b) She was a teacher.
(c) She was a dancer in the theater.
(d) She was in radio.

2. What is Zooey's attitude about his acting career as he expresses it to Franny?
(a) He feels everyone in the business is crap.
(b) He feels all that he does is undermine others' work.
(c) He thinks he is a wonderful actor.
(d) He believes going to Europe will make him a better actor.

3. Who does Franny tell Bessie that she wants to talk to?
(a) Her brother the priest.
(b) Nobody.
(c) A psychoanalyst.
(d) Her brother Seymour.

4. Zooey tells Bessie that living a religious life takes what?
(a) A strong church.
(b) Faith.
(c) Time and dedication.
(d) A good priest.

5. How does Lane feel when he gets his first drink at the restaurant?
(a) Angry because it is the wrong drink.
(b) That he is in the right place with the right girl.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Glad to have one, it was a rough day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Zooey call Bessie?

2. Where do Bessie and Zooey have their long conversation?

3. What does Zooey shout at his mother as she leaves the bathroom?

4. How does Zooey treat Hess when Hess offers him a new script?

5. What feature of Bessie's is compared to a deposed Balkan queen's?

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