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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. While Bastian is contemptuous of art and literature, he follows avidly the events within what arena?
(a) Celebrity gossip.
(b) Politics.
(c) Music.
(d) Sports.

2. Which of Arthur's friends meets him in Marrakech and takes him to the site where the caravan will begin its journey across Morocco?
(a) Zohra.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Finley.

3. Zohra tries to get Arthur and Lewis to make a pact with her to give up romance and to take what other action?
(a) To meet in Marrakech every year.
(b) To write to one another.
(c) To get fat.
(d) To quit Facebook.

4. Which anniversary are Lewis and Clark celebrating separately while Lewis is in Morocco?
(a) Their 27th.
(b) Their 20th.
(c) Their 15th.
(d) Their 12th.

5. In what German city is the university at which Arthur teaches for a time?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Munich.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Hamburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adverb does the narrator use to describe the way in which the camel carries Arthur across the desert?

2. The narrator describes the two camel boys' affection for one another as resembling the love between which two fictional characters?

3. How does Arthur feel upon finding out that he has booked himself into a Christian retreat center, rather than the Buddhist one he had imagined?

4. When Finley announces the reason that Arthur's work is not included in the gay literary canon, what does he state as the reason?

5. When Robert says that poetry "kills you now" (106), what does he say that poetry is later?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Arthur comfort his anxious mind in his youth?

2. What does the narrator reveal about Zohra's past?

3. What is the focus of Rupali's warning to Arthur regarding his stay at the Indian retreat?

4. How did Arthur react when he came back to his Paris hotel to find Freddy had arrived?

5. How do Arthur's students, as a whole, respond to his teaching methods?

6. What is the symbolism of Ait Ben Haddou in Morocco?

7. Discuss the significance of Arthur's reflection that he has always alternated between "the city of youth" and "the country of age" (112).

8. What are Arthur's duties during his time in Germany?

9. What reasons does the narrator give for agreeing with Zohra's prounouncement that the witnessing of the Moroccan sunset is no time for talking?

10. What reason is given for Arthur's decision not to stay longer in Paris by accepting another flight delay or by staying with Javier?

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