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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters II and III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The comment that “Difficulty had been the flint stone against which her powers of analysis were sharpened” (xvi) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

2. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?
(a) “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
(b) “Use the difficulty; make it your own.”
(c) “An ye harm none, do what you will.”
(d) “Don’t let the jerks get you down.”

3. The comment that “he felt something strange in his chest, like a pounding on a distant drum” (7) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Chiasmus.

4. Which of the following refers to Moroni as “the finest mind of her generation” (xiii)?
(a) Norman O. Brown.
(b) Doc Brown.
(c) Norman Mailer.
(d) Norman O’Brien.

5. The comment that “he felt something strange in his chest, like a pounding on a distant drum” (7) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many first cousins does the narrator report having?

2. Which of the following phrases does the narrator use to describe Trump’s ascendancy (23)?

3. In what year does the narrator report winning a Pulitzer?

4. Which of the following is among the books Asma gives the narrator?

5. How much older than Trump is Sikander?

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