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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. During the meeting with Sylvia, how does Senator Rosewater react when McAllister reminds him about the other Rosewater?
(a) "I would rather Sylvia take over the business than the other Rosewaters!"
(b) "Eliot and I are the only true Rosewaters!"
(c) "I am talking about the real Rosewaters. To hell with Pisquontuit."
(d) "There ARE no other Rosewaters."

2. To whom does Eliot compare himself in the first letter he sends to Sylvia?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) A volunteer fire fighter.
(c) Caesar Augustus.
(d) His father.

3. What does Senator Rosewater lament when Sylvia arrives in America for the divorce?
(a) The lack of an heir for the family fortune.
(b) The lack of support for his senatorial campaign.
(c) The lack of courage Sylvia displays by divorcing his son.
(d) The lack of psychiatric care available to his son.

4. According to Mushari's favorite law professor, what should every good lawyer look for?
(a) A client with an axe to grind.
(b) The moment when money trades hands.
(c) Another lawyer on the same side.
(d) A woman with a rich dead husband.

5. When Eliot leads his platoon into the smoke-filled building, what happens?
(a) He accidentally kills three children.
(b) He accidentally kills three German officers.
(c) He accidentally kills three men in his platoon.
(d) He accidentally kills three fire fighters.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is Eliot's first letter to Sylvia written after he leaves New York?

2. Who is next in line after Rosewater's son to become president of the Foundation?

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

4. What happens when the Rosewater Inter-State Ship Canal fails?

5. What does Kilgore Trout do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. When he disappears for a week, what does Eliot do? Why does the law firm of McAlister, Robjent, Reed, and McGee hire a detective to find Eliot, and where does he find Eliot?

2. What does Eliot's letter to his heir reveal about his parents?

3. What does the law firm McAllister, Robjent, Reed, and McGee do for the Rosewater Foundation? What does Mushari learn while rifling through confidential files? What plan does he hatch based on his findings?

4. On the same day of calls from a suicidal man and Stelle Wakeby, Eliot receives a call from his father and does not recognize his father's voice. What are some of the things Senator Rosewater wants to talk to his son about, and how does the conversation end?

5. Who is listening on the other end of the conversation between Eliot and Sylvia? What does the person learn from the conversation to aid in the case to have Eliot declared insane?

6. Who is Arthur Garvey Ulm? What part does he play in the story of Eliot and Sylvia's life?

7. Mushari finds a sealed letter from Eliot Rosewater to be given to his heir upon Eliot's death. What does Mushari do with the letter? What does he learn about Eliot? What is his next step?

8. Eliot had an experience in WWII that changed his life forever. What was that experience, and how does it affect his life after he leaves the service?

9. What disease does Dr. Brown diagnose Sylvia with having? How does he explain this disease? Is it curable?

10. In the back of Eliot's ledger is an unfinished novel he has written. In the novel, Eliot talks about Heaven. How does he describe Heaven and what happens there?

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