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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 229 – 282; [Darren thinks of it…], Old English (Adam), Thematic Apperception (Adam).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of car does Darren see himself driving?
(a) A gray Aston Martin.
(b) A silver Fiero.
(c) A white Cadillac.
(d) A black pickup truck.

2. Whose names did Bob Dole read at the high school debate tournament?
(a) The names of prominent donors.
(b) The names of retiring teachers.
(c) The names of recent war dead.
(d) The names of the finalists.

3. What were Adam’s parents fighting about when they woke him up?
(a) Adam’s future.
(b) His father’s relationship with Sima.
(c) Money.
(d) His mother’s disappointment at her husband’s lack of support.

4. How does the narrator characterize the state of American culture?
(a) Relentlessly cruel innovation.
(b) Adolescence without end.
(c) Lost boys without parents.
(d) Seven lost generations.

5. What does the narrator say lay underneath the lyrics of everyday life?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Physical revulsion.
(c) Rage at emptiness.
(d) Panic and dread.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house does Adam enter at the beginning of the novel?

2. Who paid for dinner before Jane’s event?

3. What does the narrator say Darren would use to ward off insults?

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

5. What character in American literature does Jonathan compare his patient/film intern to?

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