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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Verger bring to Paul and Kathryn's party?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Chips and dip.
(c) Wine.
(d) Cocaine.
2. Gene becomes deeply involved with whom?
(a) Kathryn.
(b) Christine.
(c) Suzanne.
(d) Ava.
3. In what state does Hart Kennedy live?
(a) Arizona.
(b) New York.
(c) Maine.
(d) California.
4. Who arrives at Waters' apartment?
(a) The Chinese take-out guy.
(b) The neighbors.
(c) The police.
(d) The asylum attendants.
5. While reading poetry, Stofsky wonders if he is having a wonderful experience or ___________________.
(a) going crazy.
(b) is tripping.
(c) is drunk.
(d) is unconscious.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Daniel's last name?
2. What is Paul and Kathryn's favorite restaurant?
3. Who is trying to kick a morphine habit?
4. Kathryn is _________________ older than Paul.
5. Who is Bianca?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the party at Stofsky's apartment serve as a metaphor for?
2. What is the significance of Paul Hobbes writing a love letter at the beginning of the novel?
3. What does Chapter 2 reveal about Paul and Kathryn's marriage and the strain that Paul's hopeful writing career places on it?
4. Why are the characters unable to find any clarity or purpose to their lives?
5. Describe the scene where Stofsky goes to see Waters in his flat and is picked up by the asylum attendants.
6. How does the fight between the two men over a woman serve as a metaphor for what may lie ahead for Paul and Kathryn?
7. What is an example of how the post-war search for meaning is taking on toll on people?
8. What does the conversation regarding infidelity reveal about Paul and Kathryn's marriage?
9. Why are Jack Waters' Existential thoughts not taken seriously?
10. Why are Paul and Kathryn at odds about his writing career and her job?
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