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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of Philip Swallow's book?
(a) Hazlitt.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Structuralism.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

2. Who wrote the book Thelma Ringbaum is reading on the plane?
(a) Ronald Frobisher.
(b) Arthur Kingfisher.
(c) Philip Swallow.
(d) Morris Zapp.

3. At the end of Part II, Chapter 1, what character is standing at an open window, smiling into the sun?
(a) Robin Dempsey.
(b) Joy Simpson.
(c) Persse McGarrigle.
(d) Hilary Swallow.

4. What is Cheryl Summerbee's job?
(a) Luggage handler at the airport.
(b) Stewardess.
(c) Check-in clerk at the airport.
(d) Taxi driver.

5. What technical difficulty occurs on Philip's flight home?
(a) Birds flying into the engine.
(b) Loss of communication with ground control.
(c) A drop in cabin pressure.
(d) An engine fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Morris' ex-wife's novel?

2. Who makes the announcement of an emergency landing to the passengers?

3. ELIZA is named after a character in what play?

4. What does Philip Swallow have thrown at him at the medieval banquet?

5. What is Persse drinking at the Royal Academy of Literature's prizegiving party?

(see the answer key)

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