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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. What does No. 2,757,311 do on top of the large tower?
(a) Paints a picture.
(b) Plays the guitar.
(c) Smokes a cigarette.
(d) Holds mass.

2. In Blue's motion picture, how are individuals known?
(a) By name.
(b) By number.
(c) By family organization.
(d) By hair color.

3. According to Stevens, what is Blue fond of?
(a) The military.
(b) The public library.
(c) Band music.
(d) Astronomy.

4. Fill in the following quote by Blue in Chapter 1: "My dear boy, it makes no difference what you want or _______________"
(a) Don't want.
(b) What I want.
(c) What I do.
(d) Who you are.

5. After Blue finished telling his story, how many minutes of silence were there?
(a) Two minutes.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Twenty minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Blue think he should have painted the object in Chapter III?

2. In Chapter I, what advice does the narrator want to give Blue?

3. Who does Blue sit with in the hospital and tell stories to?

4. How does Stevens describe the music from the concert on the skyscraper roof?

5. How does Blue's idea for a motion picture begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Blue's living arrangements in Chapter II.

2. What happens when White completes Mass?

3. How do the leaders of the IGW run the world?

4. What is Blue doing in Chapter III on top of the skyscraper?

5. How does the narrator feel about Blue's use of money?

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

7. Compare Blue to St. Francis of Assisi.

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

9. What is the story Blue tells the narrator about?

10. Describe the entertainment Blue had at a party for Stevens.

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