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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the epigraph, what does Dante leave behind by hoisting sail with his wit?
(a) His fair wife.
(b) A sea so cruel.
(c) His beautiful homeland.
(d) His darling children.

2. What brotherhood does the narrator say Francis and Rudy have between them?
(a) Brotherhood of the ghosts.
(b) Brotherhood of the desolate.
(c) Brotherhood of bums.
(d) Brotherhood of the optimists.

3. What does Rudy say is Sandra’s last name?
(a) Sandra There-ain’t-no-more.
(b) Sandra Easy.
(c) Sandra Get-me-another.
(d) Sandra Eskimo.

4. What knowledge does Francis say he and Rudy share?
(a) The manners of wanderers.
(b) The chivalry of drink.
(c) The etiquette of bums.
(d) The rights of homeless men.

5. How familiar does Francis say trolleys are to him?
(a) He himself built the trolley he and Rudy ride.
(b) They are as familiar as his father’s face.
(c) He never rides them.
(d) He used to know them well, but has forgotten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Francis Phelan’s family derived from?

2. What day of the year does Ironweed start on?

3. How does the narrator characterize Gerald’s eternal repose?

4. Which of the seven deadly sins prompts Francis to get defensive?

5. Where is Dante’s epigraph from?

(see the answer key)

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