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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. The investigation into Coleman's potential racist remark found him to be ______________.
(a) Guilty.
(b) Innocent.
(c) A racist.
(d) A liar.

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

3. Where has Lester Farley already tried to get help after his service in the military?
(a) AARP.
(b) His family doctor.
(c) VA.
(d) A shrink.

4. What does Coleman think is helping him to feel younger and stronger, aside from Faunia?
(a) Scotch.
(b) The weed he's been smoking.
(c) Viagra.
(d) Not being a Dean.

5. Where does Coleman Silk's new young girlfriend live, according to Coleman's description?
(a) In the city.
(b) A dairy farm.
(c) At a halfway home.
(d) With her mentor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Coleman recognize in the words as he was trying to write his story without any help?

3. As a result of the problem in the classroom, Coleman decides to return to the __________ and to resign as the dean.

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

5. What ended up bringing Iris and Coleman closer together during their marriage?

(see the answer key)

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