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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Stofsky's former literature professor?
(a) Middleton.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Sloane.

2. What does Agatson want Paul to help him celebrate?
(a) His last birthday.
(b) The publication of his book.
(c) His new apartment.
(d) His new job.

3. Why does Hart need to borrow money from Paul?
(a) To pay a parking ticket.
(b) To buy food.
(c) To buy marijuana.
(d) To get a plane ticket.

4. Which of the following does Jack Waters NOT frequently talk about?
(a) Visions.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Love.
(d) Madness.

5. How does the person in #175 die in the subway?
(a) He fell onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He tried to climb out a window while the train was moving.
(d) He fell down the steps of the subway station.

6. What news does Gene give to Paul?
(a) A publisher has rejected his manuscript.
(b) Kathryn told him she loves him.
(c) He is moving to Europe.
(d) He is going to marry Christine.

7. Paul says that _______________ is about feeling so deeply that you go beyond it, to the end of feeling, and to a loss of interest in everything.
(a) fear.
(b) cool.
(c) love.
(d) hatred.

8. Why does Christine call Paul?
(a) Gene has ignored her for days.
(b) She needs marital advice.
(c) She invited Paul and Kathryn to a party.
(d) She wanted to talk about Kathryn.

9. How does Dinah feel about Hart's story about Margo?
(a) She could not care less.
(b) She is amused.
(c) She has no reaction.
(d) She is outraged.

10. At the dismal bar, a man plays songs on a/an _________________.
(a) guitar.
(b) harmonica.
(c) piano.
(d) accordion.

11. Who offers to be Paul's lover?
(a) Hart.
(b) Christine.
(c) Bianca.
(d) Stofsky.

12. Paul recognizes the man in #159 as the same guy _________________________.
(a) he pointed out to Estelle at the Go Hole.
(b) who butted in front of him in the supermarket line.
(c) who ran into him on the sidewalk.
(d) gave him his seat on the subway.

13. Why does Kathryn call Paul at Bianca's apartment?
(a) To tell him to bring home milk and eggs.
(b) To tell him to be careful because the weather is bad.
(c) To tell him she is leaving him.
(d) To tell him the lights went out.

14. What do Dinah and Ed steal at the store?
(a) Records.
(b) Batteries.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

15. What disease does Verger have?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stofsky says that Paul is ____________________.

2. How does Paul feel when his friends drive away in the car headed to California?

3. Paul writes in a letter to Liza that he thinks of them as ___________________.

4. Why did May never kiss Verger?

5. Stofsky's former analyst inaccurately called Stofsky a/an _______________________.

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