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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kathryn irritated at Paul when she returns home from work?
(a) Paul hasn't washed the breakfast dishes.
(b) Paul is napping.
(c) Paul is not home.
(d) Paul and his friends are drinking beer.

2. The reversal of traditional roles in a marriage is _________________ for Paul and Kathryn.
(a) fantastic.
(b) disastrous.
(c) working.
(d) stressful.

3. Stofsky often feels unloved and freakish due to ______________________.
(a) his lack of true friends.
(b) his inability to get published.
(c) his mother's commitment to an insane asylum.
(d) his continual rejection by women.

4. Why does Kathryn especially hate her job?
(a) She is underutilized.
(b) She doesn't make much money.
(c) The commute is too long.
(d) Her boss yells at her.

5. Who is the young mother who Paul and Kathryn meet at the party?
(a) Christine.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Janet.
(d) Joanne.

6. What advice did Arthur give Gene about his novel?
(a) He should make a couple of edits.
(b) He should cut out part of it.
(c) He should abandon it.
(d) He should send it to the publisher.

7. Kathryn is _________________ older than Paul.
(a) two years.
(b) one year.
(c) six months.
(d) eighteen months.

8. Stofsky has now decided to believe in _________________.
(a) himself.
(b) money.
(c) random acts of kindness.
(d) God.

9. Which girl does Gene take away from the party?
(a) Karen.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Lauren.
(d) Bonnie.

10. Who is Doctor Krafft?
(a) Winnie's boyfriend.
(b) Bill's father.
(c) Paul's brother.
(d) David's therapist.

11. Who arrives at Waters' apartment?
(a) The police.
(b) The asylum attendants.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) The Chinese take-out guy.

12. Paul tells Kathryn that it is _________________ for her to be attracted to someone else.
(a) alright.
(b) a sin.
(c) natural.
(d) hurtful.

13. Arthur is devoted to whom?
(a) Bianca.
(b) Addie.
(c) Ava.
(d) Christine.

14. Who is Bianca?
(a) Christine's friend.
(b) Paul's sister-in-law.
(c) Gene's landlord.
(d) Kathryn's sister.

15. What nationality is Kathryn?
(a) Italian.
(b) English.
(c) Irish.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Stofsky's therapist?

2. What does Stofsky do when the people in #52 arrive?

3. Stofsky begins to wonder if God could be __________________.

4. Where has Kathryn gone for the weekend so that Paul can write?

5. Stofsky receives a letter from ___________________ from his Merchant Marine days.

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