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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Dialectic" - "Words and Music".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the 6'6" photographer's assistant from that Monica spent a summer with in London six months before she met Darryl?
(a) York.
(b) Brixton.
(c) Bath.
(d) Oxford.

2. Who is described on the piano at the Vanguard last night in “Words and Music”?
(a) Fred Hersch.
(b) Jason Adkins.
(c) James McArty.
(d) William Voltaire.

3. Darryl and Leon had been friends since what age, according to the narrative in "Sentimental Education"?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

4. Who is the girl from Mumbai that Monica treated like a muse after Darryl for some time in "Sentimental Education"?
(a) Anna.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Bunny.

5. What did the first boy Monica ever kissed go on to do?
(a) Hang himself.
(b) Stab a man.
(c) Become president.
(d) Become a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does the woman have that is the central figure in "The Dialectic"?

2. What is the woman eating while sitting on the beach with her daughter in "The Dialectic"?

3. Where has the eldest boy gone, according to the narrator in the beginning of "The Dialectic"?

4. What does the daughter say "words are" to her mother in "The Dialectic" (4)?

5. Where did Monica day Darryl's mother stocked shelves in the argument that led to their breakup?

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