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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Donovan's mother?
(a) Polly.
(b) Marie.
(c) Anna.
(d) Claire.

2. What band produced the album Paul's Boutique?
(a) The Beastie Boys.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) Radiohead.
(d) The Pixies.

3. What is said to be "a better metaphor for what happens than roads not taken or branches unsprouted" in "Sentimental Education" (11)?
(a) "A dog choking on a chicken bone."
(b) "Waves crashing against an endless beach."
(c) "A shoe falling silently on an abandoned rooftop."
(d) "Blind worms churning mud through their bodies."

4. What is described in "Sentimental Education" as "the fundamental principle undergirding [Monica's] life" (19)?
(a) Justice.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Equality.
(d) Meritocracy.

5. What word in "Sentimental Education" refers to the internal security force of the former German Democratic Republic?
(a) Stasi.
(b) Gestapo.
(c) Hetro.
(d) SS.

6. Myron's kingdom is described as spreading along what street in “Words and Music”?
(a) 42nd Street.
(b) MacDougal Street.
(c) Fifth Avenue.
(d) Bleecker Street.

7. On what date does the narrator say school starts in "Downtown"?
(a) October 9.
(b) September 4.
(c) March 16.
(d) June 12.

8. The narrator in "Sentimental Education" says, "There is an old cliche about street life" (14). What is the cliche?
(a) "It's a gateway to financial depravity."
(b) "It's meaningless."
(c) "You start there and you end there."
(d) "You leave, but the streets follow."

9. To what corset store does Adele go in "Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets"?
(a) Jackson Corset Emporium.
(b) Fifth Avenue Corset Emporium.
(c) Greenwich Corset Emporium.
(d) Clinton Corset Emporium.

10. Where did Monica day Darryl's mother stocked shelves in the argument that led to their breakup?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

11. How are the pairs decided for Donovan's class's presentations?
(a) By height.
(b) By placement of desks.
(c) By alphabetical name.
(d) By drawing.

12. Where is Leon said to be from in "Sentimental Education"?
(a) Glasgow.
(b) Dublin.
(c) South Kilburn.
(d) Brixton.

13. How are the Austrian painter's daughter's described in "Downtown"?
(a) Silver-haired.
(b) Blonde-haired.
(c) Red-haired.
(d) Brunette.

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

15. Where is Miss Adele's apartment?
(a) Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street.
(b) Fifth Avenue and 54th Street.
(c) Ninth Avenue and 73rd Street.
(d) Tenth Avenue and 23rd Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Miss Adele buy a studio apartment if she had $800,000?

2. Darryl and Leon had been friends since what age, according to the narrative in "Sentimental Education"?

3. What object is described in "Use Transitions" from "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?

4. On what street near Marcus Garvey Park is Miss Wendy English described in “Words and Music”?

5. Where in Spain is the Lazy River described as being located in "The Lazy River"?

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