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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is Herzog's bond?
(a) One hundred dollars.
(b) Four hundred dollars.
(c) Three hundred dollars.
(d) Two hundred dollars.

2. Where does Herzog go in the cab?
(a) The courthouse.
(b) Ramona's house.
(c) Simkin's office.
(d) Madeleine's house.

3. Where does Herzog spend the night?
(a) At Taube's.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) At Madeleine's.
(d) At Lucas Asphalter's.

4. Why is Herzog's father angry at him?
(a) Herzog asked for money.
(b) Herzog did not finish school.
(c) Herzog wanted to get a divorce.
(d) Herzog did not care for his child.

5. Of what does Valentine remind Herzog?
(a) Radio shows.
(b) Television.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Books.

6. Who lives with Ramona?
(a) Herzog.
(b) Madeleine.
(c) Aunt Tamara.
(d) Valentine.

7. Who does Herzog see at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) June.
(b) Himmelstein.
(c) Will.
(d) Madeleine.

8. Who is George Hoberly?
(a) Ramona's previous lover.
(b) Ramona's cousin.
(c) Ramona's father.
(d) Ramona's brother.

9. What makes Herzog nervous?
(a) The idea of marriage.
(b) Ramona.
(c) Change.
(d) His divorces.

10. How does Ramona know Herzog left town?
(a) A friend told her.
(b) She was guessing.
(c) Herzog told her.
(d) She saw him.

11. When was the last time Herzog saw Madeleine?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) December.
(d) October.

12. What does Herzog miss about Daisy's mother, Polina?
(a) Her apple strudel.
(b) Her Quaker Oats.
(c) Her advice.
(d) Nothing.

13. According to Herzog, what "belongs to mankind and to all of existence"?
(a) Transcendence.
(b) The inspired condition.
(c) Religion.
(d) Learning.

14. What does Valentine do for a living?
(a) A shop owner.
(b) A homemaker.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A poet of mass communications.

15. To what does Herzog compare Madeleine in Chapter 5?
(a) A strange creature.
(b) An education.
(c) A gondolier.
(d) A sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Himmelstein tell Herzog he would have to do if he went to court?

2. Where does Herzog see Madeleine?

3. Where does Herzog make plans to go in Chapter 6?

4. Where does Herzog go in the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. Who says, "I fall upon the thorns of life, I bleed"?

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