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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. In Chapter I, what advice does the narrator want to give Blue?
(a) To call his father.
(b) To go see his confessor.
(c) To get a second opinion.
(d) To get a real job.

2. How does the IGW try to stop 2,757,311 from his activities on the roof?
(a) Dropping bombs.
(b) Shooting him with a gun.
(c) Directing him to stop with a loud megaphone.
(d) Storming the building.

3. Besides Stevens, who is the other guest at Blue's party in Chapter II?
(a) Abraham Morgenthau.
(b) Nicolaus McDaniels.
(c) Earnest Lewis.
(d) Timothy Ewing.

4. Fill in the following quote by Blue from Chapter II: "Without Christ, we would be little more than ____________."
(a) Microcosms.
(b) Barnacles.
(c) Amoebas.
(d) Bacteria.

5. Which of the following is one of Blue's great passions?
(a) Feeding the hungry.
(b) Educating the disenfranchised.
(c) Colored toy balloons.
(d) Assisting the elderly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Blue really have?

2. In Chapter II, Blue mentions the following countries when speaking from his skyscraper except:

3. The narrator describes Blue as all of the following except:

4. What is the name of the cigar shop that Stevens and the narrator were talking in?

5. Fill in the following quote by the narrator from Chapter III: "You mean every husband is a sort of ___________."

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Blue, what does Lady Poverty do to him?

2. Describe the people in Blue's story.

3. What is the purpose of Chapter III?

4. How does White make crackers and what is his purpose in doing so?

5. What does Blue do with his inheritance?

6. Where does Blue travel to in Chapter I?

7. What is Blue's life challenge?

8. What does Blue mean by saying that Christ was 'humanized infinitude?"

9. What is Blue doing when the narrator first sees him in Chapter I?

10. What does the narrator think of Blue's theology in the story he told in Chapter III?

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