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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Eliot calls Sylvia from Indiana, what does he say is the one remaining independent business in the town?
(a) Roman taffy factory.
(b) NIght-crawlers.
(c) F.W. Woolworth's.
(d) Carp bones.

2. Who is Norman Mushari?
(a) A patent lawyer for a firm in New York.
(b) A lawyer who is Sylvia's brother.
(c) A lawyer who is also a distant cousin of the Rosewaters.
(d) A shyster lawyer.

3. What is the Rosewater Law?
(a) The Senator's piece of legislation that regulates taxation without representation.
(b) The Senator's failed attempt to regulate interstate commerce.
(c) The Senator's family rule that no one who is crazy can run the Foundation.
(d) The Senator's piece of legislation defining and regulating obscene material.

4. What happens at the opening of the opera Aida attended by Eliot and Sylvia?
(a) Eliot calls out to the singers in the middle of the opera.
(b) Eliot goes to the restroom and does not return.
(c) Eliot cries inconsolably at the end of the opera.
(d) Eliot leaps off the balcony into the crowd.

5. How does the late night caller praise Eliot?
(a) "Thank you for all of your help."
(b) "God bless you, Mr. Rosewater."
(c) "Thank you for calling."
(d) "God bless you, Eliot."

6. In the first sentence of the novel, what is identified as a leading character in the story?
(a) Sylvia Rosewater.
(b) Eliot Rosewater
(c) A sum of money.
(d) Norman Mushari.

7. What does the black and yellow sticker in the phone booth in Rosewater say?
(a) "Don't Kill Yourself, Call Alcoholics Annonymous."
(b) "Don't Kill Yourself, Call the Rosewater Foundation."
(c) "Don't Kill Yourself, Find Jesus in Your Life."
(d) "Don't Kill Yourself, Lose Weight Easily."

8. Whose poem did Eliot paint on the risers leading up to his office?
(a) T.S. Elliot.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) John Keats.
(d) William Blake.

9. Who is referred to as "The Nut," "The Saint," and "The Holy Roller?"
(a) Eliot Rosewater.
(b) Lister Rosewater.
(c) Sybil Rosewater.
(d) Leonard Leech.

10. What does Eliot write on the walls of public bathrooms?
(a) "If at first you don't succeed, give up."
(b) "Be right back- Godot."
(c) "Art is the opium of the masses."
(d) "If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable."

11. Who is next in line after Rosewater's son to become president of the Foundation?
(a) A cousin in Delaware.
(b) A cousin in Rhode Island.
(c) A cousin in Louisiana.
(d) A cousin in New Jersey

12. What is the name of the foundation formed in 1947?
(a) The Kennedy Foundation.
(b) The Rosewater Foundation
(c) The New York Foundataion.
(d) The Mushari Foundation.

13. What does Eliot tell Sylvia he wants to do in Rosewater, Indiana?
(a) He wants to care about the people in the town.
(b) He wants to revive the old fashioned factories in the town.
(c) He wants to start a volunteer fire department in the town.
(d) He wants to build a new ansion in the town.

14. How old is Eliot Rosewater when Mushari begins to investigate him?
(a) Forty-nine.
(b) Fifty-six.
(c) Forty-six.
(d) Thirty-six.

15. After the accident in the smoke-filled building, what happens to Eliot?
(a) He is sent to an army hospital in Switzerland.
(b) He has a nervous breakdown and is sent to Paris to recover.
(c) He is sent home to Washington to be with his father.
(d) He is captured by German soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is Norman Musahri?

2. While fighting in Europe in WWII, into what smoke-filled building does Eliot lead his platoon?

3. When Eliot receives a call from a man considering suicide, what question does he ask him?

4. Who is the author of Get With Child a Mandrake Root?

5. At what age can siblings of the president of the Foundation become officers?

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