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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the role of the narrator in MENESETEUNG?
(a) Curious observer.
(b) Stage manager.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Greek chorus.

2. With what does each of the sections begin?
(a) A few lines from Whitman.
(b) A few lines from Shakespeare.
(c) A few lines from Thoreau.
(d) A few lines written by the protagonist.

3. Almeda has no instincts for _________________.
(a) Domestic arts.
(b) Musical arts.
(c) Visual arts.
(d) Martial arts.

4. The fact that Almeda is an independent spirit and does not fit into 1800s society but would be applauded in the 1990s is called ______________.
(a) Analogy.
(b) Irony.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Symbolism.

5. What is the title of one of Almeda's poems?
(a) Drinking Champagne on the Meneseteung.
(b) Champlain at the Mouth of the Meneseteung.
(c) Complaints from the Mouth of Meneseteung.
(d) Champagne Bubbles Tickle My Mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a typical focus of Almeda's work?

2. What is the source of Almeda's social withdrawal?

3. Which of the following does not describe the picture of Almeda in the book?

4. Which of the following roles did Almeda not assume for her father after the death of her mother?

5. From whose perspective is MENESETEUNG told?

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