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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 185 – 228; [From the ceiling…]; Paradoxical Effects (Jane).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adam say it means to be a subject in a supermarket?
(a) To be spread by objects.
(b) To be besieged by colors and manipulative designs.
(c) To be immune to language.
(d) To be seduced by sounds and scents.

2. Why was a particular person central to including Darren?
(a) Out of spite.
(b) Out of progressive optimistic values.
(c) To atone for having hit him once.
(d) Because he enjoyed mocking him.

3. How does Jonathan see his dissertation research putting him in Ziegler’s position?
(a) He has revealed the pervasive hostility in language.
(b) He has revealed the underlying chaos in language.
(c) He has exposed the grudging psychology that uses language for its ends.
(d) He has documented the animalistic subtext to language.

4. Who paid for dinner before Jane’s event?
(a) Jane.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Adam.
(d) Sima.

5. What was the purple cow lyric used for?
(a) Teaching Adam about colors.
(b) Teaching Adam to read.
(c) Getting Adam to bed.
(d) Making Adam and his mother laugh together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane make herself think about Adam, instead of admitting his behavior?

2. What did Jonathan ask his subjects to do for his dissertation research?

3. How does Jane characterize Adam’s behavior over dinner with her and Jonathan and Amber?

4. What did Adam do after dinner that delighted the Phelpses?

5. How did this story about the special gift make Adam feel about Jane’s family?

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