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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the novel refers to something formed of a single large block of stone?
(a) Archaic.
(b) Epistolarian.
(c) Magnetic.
(d) Monolithic.

2. In what key does the narrator say his father spoke in Chapter 1?
(a) G-sharp.
(b) F-flat.
(c) B-sharp.
(d) F-sharp.

3. How does the narrator describe the closing of the letter that summoned him to the Supreme Court in the Prologue?
(a) Sincerely yours, The President of the United States of America.
(b) Sincerely yours, The Senate of the United States of America.
(c) Sincerely yours, The Congress of the United States of America.
(d) Sincerely yours, The People of the United States of America.

4. At what time does the narrator say he was summoned to appear in court for his hearing in the Prologue?
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 7:00 a.m.
(c) 10:00 a.m.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

5. For what musician does the narrator claim to have a strange affinity in Chapter 1?
(a) Michael Jackson.
(b) The Who.
(c) The Beegees.
(d) Neil Young.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes himself in the Prologue as a "not-so-proud descendant of" the Mees located where (20)?

2. What word from the Prologue refers to the theory or philosophy of law?

3. For what college was the narrator's father the interim dean?

4. What does the narrator lay out the three basic laws of in the opening of Chapter 3?

5. What does the narrator claim is the "black workingman's motto" in the Prologue (20)?

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