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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 – 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say has more "motion of the ocean" than him in Chapter 17 (201)?
(a) "A plate of day-old sashimi."
(b) "A fat man in a flat boat."
(c) "A cotton-picking slave."
(d) "A pier overlooking the sea."

2. Whose murder in 1964 launched interest and experiments in the bystander effect?
(a) Kitty Genovese's.
(b) Sarah Greenway's.
(c) Patricia Smith's.
(d) Paul Wilkinson's.

3. At what time does the narrator say that Hominy would show up for work each day in Chapter 6?
(a) 1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
(b) 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
(c) 12:00 - 12:15 p.m.
(d) 2:00 - 2:15 p.m.

4. What is described as the sister city to Tel Aviv in "City Lites, An Interlude"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Florence.
(d) Juarez.

5. What date did the narrator use on his emancipation of Hominy in Chapter 6?
(a) May 12, 1965.
(b) May 13, 1832.
(c) June 17, 1859.
(d) October 17, 1838.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is King Cuz's real name?

2. What is Hampton Fiske's 800 number?

3. The narrator describes his "usual postcoital position" as "rolled up into a ball like" what, in Chapter 17 (202)?

4. In what key does the narrator say his father spoke in Chapter 1?

5. What did Foy Cheshire rename The Iceman Cometh?

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