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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black Enamel, Chapters 17-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What domestic metaphor does Tony use in her lecture in Chapter 1?
(a) Weaving or knitting and sewing scissors.
(b) Dusting.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Vacuuming.

2. In Chapter 1, what does Tony believe motivated Zenia's behavior?
(a) Greed.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) She doesn't know.

3. What is West's profession?
(a) He is a minister.
(b) He is a car salesman.
(c) He is a musicologist.
(d) He is a poet.

4. What kind of collars does Tony wear in Chapter 1?
(a) Plaid.
(b) Lace-edged.
(c) Embroidered.
(d) Detachable.

5. What does Tony say at the beginning of Chapter 1 that Zenia would do "earnestly, with a catch in her voice, a quaver of suppressed grief, or... haltingly, as if confessing"?
(a) Lie.
(b) Pray.
(c) Beg for forgiveness.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, for whom does Charis mistake her daughter Augusta when she appears unexpectedly at Charis's back door?

2. What does West do when Zenia returns after he has married Tony?

3. Who taught Tony to make a cup of tea?

4. In Chapter 1, to whom does Tony say that history is a construct?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Tony like to see on the faces of her listeners when she gives her lectures?

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