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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lee get instead of a salary from Stillwater College?
(a) Immunity from sexual harassment complaints.
(b) A travel allowance.
(c) Control over hiring and firing in the English department.
(d) Money for a literary magazine.

2. Where does Lee go looking for Peggy?
(a) Reston.
(b) Fairfax.
(c) Fredericksburg.
(d) Richmond.

3. What does Lee do with Peggy’s things after she leaves?
(a) Saves them in storage.
(b) Throws them out.
(c) Donates them to the college.
(d) Sends them to her parents.

4. What was the response to the missing person ad Lee ran?
(a) No response.
(b) A few calls from Lynchburg.
(c) A smattering of crank calls.
(d) Leads from all over the state.

5. What causes Peggy to drive Lee’s VW Thing into the lake?
(a) His affair with her friend.
(b) His destruction of her pottery.
(c) A fight in which he hits her.
(d) A fight in which he insults her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Karen’s real name?

2. What kind of writers does Lee start to cultivate after he feels washed-up in poetry?

3. Why does Peggy leave Lee?

4. How does the narrator say Lee’s house is regarded among Byrdie’s friends?

5. How does the narrator say Byrdie and his friends felt after they spent a night in New York city with a 35-year-old woman?

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