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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Early Essays.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form does Von Epps take before he abducts Yvette?
(a) The form of yesterday's laundry.
(b) The form of her bed.
(c) The form of Sigmund.
(d) The form of a small child looking for help.

2. What does Mr. Dubbs's brother warn his still-living siblings about?
(a) He warns that a storm is coming and they won't be in Kansas anymore.
(b) He warns them not to look a gift horse in the mouth.
(c) He warns that a dark blue suit and argyle socks were a bad idea.
(d) He warns them against listening to the weather man.

3. What does the doctor want to do to the strangler?
(a) Dissect him down to the last chromosome.
(b) Put him in jail for life.
(c) Throw him off a very tall building.
(d) Give him a taste of this own medicine.

4. Why does Sigmund go to secretarial school?
(a) To earn his law degree.
(b) To impress Justine.
(c) To learn shorthand.
(d) Because it was prophesied.

5. In which essay does Allen consider the appropriateness of behaviors based on one's stage of life?
(a) On Frugality.
(b) On Youth and Age.
(c) On The Thoughts of a Teenager.
(d) On Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hedvig thought to be a representation of in Lovborg's real life?

2. What weapon does Flossie pull on Kaiser?

3. According to the narrator what have Jorgen Lovborg's plays brought about?

4. How many scenes are in the play "A Day in the Life of a Doe"?

5. What is Dmitri?

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