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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Sniper".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The conflicting descriptions of the sniper that make him sound both young and mature are an example of what technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Oxymoron.

2. What do the Free Staters want?
(a) A united Ireland under joint rule between the British and the Irish.
(b) A united Ireland under Irish rule.
(c) A divided Ireland, one part ruled by Ireland, one part ruled by Britain.
(d) A united Ireland under British rule.

3. Why does the protagonist expose his hand by draping it over the parapet?
(a) He needs to risk it in order to get his gun.
(b) He is unaware that he has done so.
(c) To show a white flag.
(d) To make it look like he has been shot.

4. When the sniper turns over the body of his enemy, whom does he discover it to be?
(a) His commander.
(b) His own brother.
(c) A total stranger.
(d) His priest.

5. In the opening of the story, machine guns fire "spasmodically." How are they firing?
(a) With a deep reverberating sound.
(b) Loudly.
(c) In brief bursts with no regular pattern.
(d) Continuously.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the sniper's eyes described?

2. Where is the enemy sniper located?

3. The description of the car "panting" (96) suggests what about the situation?

4. What word (or a variation of it) is repeated several times after the sniper is shot?

5. Why does the sniper decide that it is safe to move from the rooftop?

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