The Center of the Story Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Lydia Davis
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 50 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Center of the Story Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Lydia Davis
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: The Center of the Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What specific Biblical story does the writer focus on?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) The Trials of Job.
(c) Jonah and the Great Fish.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

2. What does the woman suspect that the man believes about his blasphemy?
(a) It caused his illness.
(b) It is no one's business but his own.
(c) It caused the hurricane.
(d) It is the reason she is angry at him.

3. How does the woman realize her study of religion has made her feel?
(a) Confused.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Energized.

4. Besides reading the Bible, what else does the woman spend her time doing in the period of time her story is about?
(a) She reads the Koran and the Talmud.
(b) She looks out the window and watches the news.
(c) She calls each of her family members and friends.
(d) She shops for emergency supplies and fills her tub with water.

5. Who is the author of "The Center of the Story"?
(a) Lydia Davis.
(b) Judith Frank.
(c) Doris Betts.
(d) Maile Chapman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the main character find that the story she is working on is not an easy one to write?

2. Who is with the landlady when the landlady is talking about the mayor?

3. For what reason, besides that "there may not be enough to tell about him," does the woman think that the man might not be the right "center" for her story (20)?

4. What technique is used in the sentence: "Outside her apartment, the weather was changing: the wind rose, the branches swayed on the young trees, and the leaves fluttered" (19)?

5. What detail of the woman's train ride reinforces the motif of things that come close to happening but do not actually happen?

(see the answer key)

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