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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What breakfast food does Edward encounter at Florence's house that previously he had known "only from a James Bond novel" (144)?
(a) Yogurt.
(b) Waffles.
(c) Porridge.
(d) Eggs Benedict.

2. What is NOT listed among the outdated beliefs about masturbation when the narrator is explaining Edward's feelings about engaging in the practice?
(a) Masturbation causes hair to grow on one's palms.
(b) Masturbation is detectable due to the appearance of the person engaging in it.
(c) Masturbation causes blindness.
(d) Masturbation is sinful.

3. What does Florence do as a result of reading the words, "At B attack!" on the Amadeus Quartet's performance notes?
(a) She decides to start composing music.
(b) She delivers her resignation to the dean.
(c) She changes her major.
(d) She forms her own string quartet.

4. As Edward comes toward her on the beach, Florence briefly sees the outline of Edward's shoulders against a "streak of water" (171) that is what color?
(a) Silver.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

5. With what subject does Edward become obsessed during the summer he meets Florence?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Medieval cults.
(c) Mozart's death.
(d) Economic recession.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Florence and Edward had earlier planned to visit this part of the beach after dinner in the honeymoon suite, what activity had they planned to do?

2. When Florence remembers the couple's earlier plan that was to have been enacted at the end of the beach, what thought immediately displaces this memory?

3. What word brings to Florence's mind "nothing but pain, flesh parted before a knife" (8)?

4. What comment does Florence make about the couple's sexual mishap that the narrator says Florence will often torture herself with in the future?

5. When Edward thinks about the short biographies he wants to write, which publisher does he imagine publishing his works?

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