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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the exterminator Charlene intends to call in "C" of "Snails"?
(a) Koritchev.
(b) Borishnikov.
(c) Ovechkin.
(d) Lutzky.

2. What man does Aretha tell to be patient in scene "A" of "Open House"?
(a) Steven.
(b) Michael.
(c) Aurthur.
(d) Charles.

3. What term is used to refer to African American Vernacular English, asserting the independence of this from (standard) English?
(a) Jabonics.
(b) Blabonics.
(c) Ebonics.
(d) Nubonics.

4. Aretha is told she has what in scene "C" of "Open House"?
(a) "Entered."
(b) "Evolved."
(c) "Enjoyed."
(d) "Expired."

5. In her opening essays, what does Parks define as "the holding or having of something of one's own"?
(a) Belonging.
(b) Possession.
(c) Ownership.
(d) Adoption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "apparatus" used by scientists to disguise their presence so they can observe animals in their natural environment without being noticed is described in "B" of "Snails"?

2. In "Elements of Style" Parks suggests that the use of language involves what?

3. What refers to the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events?

4. What title of a play in the collection was derived from a phrase in a half-waking dream of the author's?

5. What is Charlene's name in scene "F" of "Snails"?

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