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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. Which of the following medications does the narrator’s mother use to ease the pain of her terminal cancer?
(a) Fentanyl.
(b) Codeine.
(c) Vicodin.
(d) Tylenol III.

2. Which of the following trains does the narrator note not wanting to take?
(a) The Q.
(b) The A.
(c) The 2.
(d) The 1.

3. How large a stone is on the ring the narrator buys to propose to Asha?
(a) One and a half carats.
(b) One carat.
(c) One-half carat.
(d) Two carats.

4. How long does the narrator report being in a relationship with Asha?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 4 years.

5. At which of the following schools does the narrator remark Bork taught?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Georgetown.
(d) American University.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sentence “The personal theme for the period ahead was embodiment; if life was a school, it was time to take the curriculum” (185) offers an example of which of the following?

2. Which of the following countries is represented among the medical students who observe the narrator’s treatment for syphilis?

3. Where does the narrator report wanting to give blood on 11 September 2001?

4. What investment company does Rind found in which the narrator invests?

5. Which of the following does the narrator report attended his play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Moroni give to mistrust Freud? What reasons does she note to trust him?

2. What factors does the narrator cite as having broken him out of his wealth-induced laziness and indulgence?

3. Why does the university dean on Rind’s foundation board oppose the narrator joining said board?

4. Why does the narrator report being initially put at ease by the Pennsylvania state trooper who pulls him over?

5. How does the narrator describe Mariam Meriha (137)?

6. What does the narrator report as shocking in his review of the transcripts of proceedings against Rind’s investment company?

7. What agencies does the narrator deny led to his wealth?

8. What associations does the narrator report many interlocutors who ask about his name and background have with India?

9. What is the dream technique the narrator reports having learned from Moroni?

10. What features does the narrator initially ascribe to Rind that mark him as Pakistani, rather than Indian?

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