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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he expected when he answered the newspaper ad?
(a) A temple
(b) An atmospheric brownstone
(c) A zoo
(d) A library

2. Upon answering the ad, what does the narrator say he finds in the room when he goes in?
(a) A stove
(b) A phonograph
(c) A set of tools
(d) A bookcase

3. What does the narrator say his relationship with Nazi Germany is?
(a) He has always gone out of his way to avoid learning about it
(b) He is moderately well informed about it
(c) He is a student of it
(d) He is unaware of the details of Nazi rule

4. Who does Ishmael say is the exception to the story of the narrator’s culture?
(a) The very rich
(b) A few thousand savages worldwide
(c) People in socialized countries
(d) Urban poor people

5. What pressure does the narrator say he feels to act out his culture’s stories?
(a) He says that his neighbors exclude him if he expressed doubt about the value of the culture
(b) He says that he has to go to admit his belief in court
(c) He says that if he doesn’t work, he won’t eat
(d) He says that his parents have threatened to disown him if he does not follow in their footsteps

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator have a hard time identifying the creation myth of his culture?

2. What does Ishmael say the world was created for, in the narrator’s story in Chapter 4?

3. What is the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?

4. What does the narrator say is his first impression of the room in Chapter 1?

5. How long ago did the Leavers’ story come into existence?

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