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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the President's thoughts about the government in relation to Gardiner?
(a) He knows the answer to Gardiner's identity will be forthcoming soon.
(b) He is starting to think it is all a big joke.
(c) He thinks it's possible that the Federal Government is being undermined.
(d) He is impressed with the power of the government.

2. Why does Chance stare directly into the President's eyes when he meets him?
(a) He is nervous and does not know where else to look.
(b) He knows it is polite in society to look someone in the eye.
(c) He recalls that the President always looks straight into the eyes of the viewer on TV.
(d) He sees that the President's eyes are bloodshot.

3. What reason does Mr. Rand give the President for not being able to address the Financial Institute?
(a) He tells him he does not have a speech prepared.
(b) He does not give him an answer.
(c) He says he has to fly to Denver for a meeting.
(d) He tells him it is the doctor's orders and he is in pain.

4. Where does EE ask Chance to accompany her the day after the dinner party?
(a) The Soviet Union.
(b) Denver.
(c) The United Nations Dinner.
(d) The Capitol Hill Ball.

5. When were Chance's fingerprints checked out?
(a) After his appearance on TV.
(b) Before the President's visit to the Rand's home.
(c) During the President's meeting with him.
(d) After the dinner at the U.N.

6. Who else is spying on Gardiner?
(a) Eight other foreign powers.
(b) No one else.
(c) Russia and West Germany.
(d) Two European nations.

7. How has Sulkin had Gardiner's appearance on "This Evening" analyzed?
(a) He took note of every five-syllable word Gardiner used.
(b) He had computers analyze his vocabulary and other characteristics.
(c) He had psychiatrists evaluate his conversation.
(d) He was in the audience that evening for the live broadcast.

8. Who does Sulkin think Gardiner actually is?
(a) A major leader of the American Communist Party preparing for a revolution.
(b) A German spy.
(c) A Republican masquerading as a Democrat to get inside information.
(d) A leading member of an American elitist faction planning a coup d'etat.

9. Where does Chance's secretary tell Chance she has seen his photographs the next morning?
(a) On every street corner lamp post.
(b) On all of the TV news stations.
(c) In all of the newspapers.
(d) In frames hung on the walls of the living room.

10. When Chance tells Stiegler that he can neither read or write, what does Stiegler take this to mean?
(a) He thinks Chance is dyslexic.
(b) He believes Chance is telling the truth and walks away.
(c) He believes Chance is asking for writing assistance and that he has no time to read.
(d) He thinks Chance is making a huge joke and laughs along with it.

11. When EE compares Chance to European men, what image does that evoke for him?
(a) He draws a blank, as he does not understand what European means.
(b) A TV image of dirty, hairy people protesting the government.
(c) An image of men speaking in another language.
(d) A TV image of suave, Italian actors.

12. Why does Chance tell Mrs. Aubrey that he does not need a doctor?
(a) His leg is all better.
(b) He does not feel ill any longer.
(c) He feels he can take care of himself.
(d) He is offered an honorary doctor of law degree.

13. What dissuades Grunmann from this initial conclusion about Chance?
(a) Chance has no American documentation.
(b) Chance does not own any weapons.
(c) Chance watches too much TV.
(d) Chance does not appear to be capable of doing harm.

14. When Tom Courtney of the New York Times telephones Chance to interview him, what does Chance say?
(a) He tells Mr. Courtney that he prefers to speak about gardening and how important it is.
(b) He tells Mr. Courtney about the Old Man's house and how he was asked to leave.
(c) He has no comment other than to say he enjoyed his meeting with the President.
(d) He answers all of Mr. Courtney's questions.

15. What is the one thing Grunmann has found out about Chance by snooping on him in New York?
(a) He has no money to his name.
(b) He is in love with EE Rand.
(c) He is preparing to murder Mr. Rand.
(d) All he does in watch TV constantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ambassador Skrapinov can get no information on Chance's background from the Special Section, what is his reaction?

2. When Chance tells EE that he has been with a sick man upstairs during the dinner party, what does she think about Chance?

3. At the UN reception, Chance meets the Soviet Ambassador. How does Chance impress him?

4. What does Chance's supposed code name remind Skrapinov of?

5. When EE tries to seduce Chance in his bedroom, what is his first reaction?

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