Middlesex Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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Middlesex Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Marriage on Ice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jimmy Zismo need to smuggle alcohol into the U.S. from Canada?
(a) It is the Prohibition. Distilling and selling liquor is illegal in the U.S.
(b) It is the Prohibition and alcohol was extremely expensive in the U.S.
(c) The liquor that he imports is not available in the U.S.
(d) He doesn't want to have to pay high tariff fees by bringing the liquor over the border.

2. What does Desdemona do to help make the village girls more attractive to Lefty?
(a) She teaches them how to talk to a man in a seductive way.
(b) She gives them sex lessons.
(c) She encourages them to practice personal hygiene.
(d) She teaches them to look like the girls in a lingerie catalog hidden in her father's dresser.

3. Which of the following statements best describes Uncle Pete?
(a) An intellectual chiropractor.
(b) A sweet natured priest.
(c) A superstitious old man.
(d) A self-made business man.

4. Which of the following actions is NOT part of Lefty and Desdemona's plan to convince themselves and others that they are young lovers rather than brother and sister?
(a) They consummate their marriage in the life boat.
(b) They have chance meetings on the deck pretending to be getting to know each other for the first time.
(c) They discuss their family tree as if they are learning it for the first time.
(d) They board the ship separately.

5. What does Lefty teach Desdemona to help her pass the English literacy test required for entry into America?
(a) Passages from the Greek Bible.
(b) A Bible passage forbidding incest.
(c) A Bible passage about eunuchs.
(d) English phrases.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lefty manage to keep the men in the gaming room from stealing his winnings?

2. What is Lefty's actual motivation for going into town?

3. Which of the following statements best describes Lefty?

4. What medical fact does Dr. Philobosian share with Desdemona that makes her worry about her pregnancy?

5. What does Dr. Philobosian have that he believes will protect him from the Turks?

(see the answer key)

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