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| Mushrooms in the City: By limiting "Mushrooms in the City" to a single person's point of view, Calvino stresses: (a) the desire for greather community spirit and support. (b) an atmosphere of suspicion, selfishness, and mistrust. (c)a sense of wonder at life in the city. (d) an appreciation for nature and all its unusal gifts. |
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| an atmosphere of suspicion, selfishness, and mistrust. |
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| Mushrooms in the City: How does the inclusion of hay fever among the wind's "unusual gifts" foreshadow the story's final outcome? (a) by contrasting an uncomfortable condition with a gourmet delicacy (b) by suggesting that certain people are overly sensitive (c) by showing that some people do not appreciate gifts. (d) by hinting that nature's beauties may be toxic |
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| by hinting that nature's beauties may be toxic |
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| Mushrooms in the City: Marcovaldo's lack of interest in the attention getting devices of the city implies he: (a) does not know how to read. (b) is a seasoned city dweller. (c) prefers country life to the city. (d) cannot afford high priced products. |
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| prefers country life to the city |
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| Mushrooms in the City: Marcovaldo's tastes, job, and family situation indicate that he came to the city because of: (a) poverty (b) ambition (c) curiosity (d) romance |
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| Mushrooms in the City: Marcovovaldo's capacity to see "the woes of his existence" in a "fig peel squashed on the sidewalk" reflects his: (a) generous spirit (b) poetic gifts (c) intellectual abilities (d) self-absorption. |
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| Mushrooms in the City: From Marcovaldo's perspective, what do the mushrooms represent? (a) luxury and abundance (b) suspicion and fear (c) poison and danger (d) dust and mold |
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| Mushrooms in the City: What is the unintended result of Marcovaldo's generous impulse to share the mushrooms with the other commuters? (a) A feast is organized and he makes new friends. (b) By trying to be nice to people he poisons them. (c) He finds he has much in common with Amadigi (d) He suddenly becomes enraged and "frozen with anger" |
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| A feast is organized and makes new friends |
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| Mushrooms: Which of the following best describes Marcovaldo's character?(a) nasty, narrow-minded, and harsh (b) sweet, gentle, and affectionate (c) sensitive, frustrated and unfulfilled (d) ingorant, uneducated, and unmotivated |
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| sweet, gentle, and affectionate |
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| Mushrooms in the City: Because the story is told entirely from Marcovaldo's point fo view, the reader feels unsympathetic toward: (a) Marcovaldo (b) Amadigi (c) Domitilla (d) the children |
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| Mushrooms in the City Which of the following lines from "Mushrooms in the City:" best expresses the stories theme, or main idea? (a) ,"that discovery, which had...filled his heart with universal love now... surrounded him with... distrusting feaver:. (b) "To Marcovaldo the gray and wretched world surrounding him seemed suddenly generous with hidden riches..."(c) "...he couldn't wait to share his discovery wit his wife and six children" (d) ... then-as sometimes happens-the collapse of individual passion led to a generous impulse." |
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| "...that discovery, which had...filled his heart with universal love, now... surrounded him with...distrusting frear.: |
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