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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Everyone Knows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the woman with whom Coleman Silk is having an affair?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Cleaning woman.
(c) Prostitute.
(d) Librarian.

2. Coleman is __________, one of the first professors on the school's staff to be so.
(a) Jewish.
(b) German.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

3. What does Coleman Silk receive that tells him that others know about his affair with a younger woman?
(a) A bouquet of flowers.
(b) An envelope of pictures.
(c) A letter in the mail.
(d) An email.

4. Coleman Silk was a professor of _________ and Latin at the college.
(a) French.
(b) Greek.
(c) Italian.
(d) Spanish.

5. What happened to the two children that Faunia left with when they left the abusive husband and father?
(a) They were taken by social services.
(b) They died in a fire.
(c) They ran away.
(d) The father got custody.

Short Answer Questions

1. One Saturday, Nathan comes over to find Coleman in his ________ and nothing else.

2. ____________ was also an abstract painter and a poet.

3. What did Coleman suffer quite often when he was young because of his name and to what it could refer?

4. What happened to Nathan that caused him to live a life of celibacy?

5. What does Coleman sign on to buy from the farm in order to see Faunia every week?

(see the answer key)

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