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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "City Lites: An Interlude" – Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the hero of the one comic book that the narrator ever owned?
(a) Green Lantern.
(b) Superman.
(c) Aquaman.
(d) Batman.

2. How old was the narrator when he wrote his first scientific paper called "Passenger Seating Tendencies by Race and Gender"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Nine.

3. How does the narrator describe the hairstyles of the Justices when they enter the courtroom in the Prologue (19)?
(a) "Powdered-wig hairstyles."
(b) "Reagan-era hairstyles."
(c) "Eisenhower-era hairstyles."
(d) "Nixon-era hairstyles."

4. What did Foy Cheshire retitle The Great Gatsby as?
(a) The Great Emancipation.
(b) The Great Gary.
(c) The Great Blacksby.
(d) The Great Contraption.

5. The narrator states in the Prologue, "I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when" what (18)?
(a) "We've been falsely accused of a crime."
(b) "We've actually done something wrong."
(c) "We have paid our debts to society."
(d) "We've been oppressed."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the movie set for The Ten Commandments buried under the Nipomo Dunes?

2. What is describe as "the hillbilly neighborhood about ten miles north of Dickens" in Chapter 14 (180)?

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

4. Where does the narrator say his car is parked in the Prologue?

5. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?

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