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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. Who is Julius's wife?
(a) Menasha.
(b) Hortense.
(c) Ulick.
(d) Miriam.

2. What film does Charlie discover has been made without authorization?
(a) Charlie's biography.
(b) The Antarctica Expedition.
(c) The Treatment.
(d) Humboldt's life story.

3. What news does Charlie get while having lunch in The Oak Room with Renata?
(a) The judge has ordered a $200,000 bond on Charlie.
(b) Menasha has died.
(c) Denise has been murdered.
(d) Thaxter has taken off for Europe.

4. What does Charlie ask Renata to do for him when they see the wheelchairs on the porch of the nursing home?
(a) Make note of the model and buy a new one.
(b) Have them repaired for the men.
(c) Put the old men in them and ride them around.
(d) Wheel him around for a ride.

5. Who is Rebecca Volsted?
(a) Roger's real mother.
(b) A Danish secretary.
(c) The Senora's friend.
(d) Charlie's next wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What produces autonomous beings that appear animated, giddy, and free but in the final analysis are boring and of little relevance?

2. Who does Charlie get a call from while lunching in The Oak Room with Renata?

3. How much does Charlie tell Renata he earned for his Trenck movie rights?

4. How does Charlie get Waldemar to finally show him the contents of the envelope Humboldt has left him?

5. Who does the Stronson's receptionist turn out to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Charlie's and Julius's feelings about death?

2. What thoughts does Charlie have during the intermission of a Christmas Pageant he is attending with his children?

3. How does Corcoran in the "Treatment" end up losing even though his book is a great success?

4. What is Charlie hoping to receive as he has now lived at the pension with Roger for ten weeks?

5. What is the state of Charlie's life and state of mind in Section 16 as he lives in Madrid?

6. How does Charlie explain his relationship with Roger to people abroad?

7. Why does Naomi beg George to take her son with him to Africa?

8. Why does Charlie fail to say anything when Renata tells him the operator at the Plaza called her Mrs. Citrine?

9. When Charlie offers to put up the ransom for the return of Pierre, how does he expect to be repaid?

10. Why does Charlie begin to cry while watching the film in Paris with Rinaldo?

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