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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Catherine feel about her desire to die?
(a) She feels in complete despair.
(b) She feels selfish for that thought.
(c) She feels resigned to the idea.
(d) She feels incompetent.

2. What does Catherine tell Miss Bingham she is working on?
(a) A voice piece.
(b) A Catholic mass.
(c) A drum piece.
(d) A Latin mass.

3. What does Catherine now understand about her mother?
(a) Why she would tell her the stories she did.
(b) How much pain she was in.
(c) How strong her mother was.
(d) How isolated she felt when she gave birth.

4. Why does Catherine sound drunk?
(a) She is in so much pain from her contractions.
(b) She is having a stroke.
(c) She used alcohol to try and reduce the amount of pain she was in.
(d) The nurse gave her pain medication for her contractions.

5. Where does Miss Bingham get her only comfort?
(a) Friends.
(b) Religion.
(c) Music.
(d) Piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the descriptors Catherine uses for her daughter right after she is born?

2. How does Miss Bingham react to hearing that Catherine had a child?

3. What does Catherine tell her father is the reason she won't be home for Christmas?

4. What does Catherine believe a composer does?

5. What does Catherine think her father would have hated in the piece she played on the radio?

(see the answer key)

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