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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What level of school was Son attending at the time when he dropped out?
(a) Graduate school.
(b) College.
(c) Primary school.
(d) High school.

2. Which cartoon character is Thayer said to resemble?
(a) Yosemite Sam.
(b) Bart Simpson.
(c) Elmer Fudd.
(d) Mickey Mouse.

3. In which city does Thayer attend a conference in the eleventh chapter of the novel?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York City.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Phoenix.

4. What type of accent does Jonesco have, according to the narrator?
(a) Russian.
(b) Eastern European.
(c) Brazilian.
(d) Irish..

5. A certain novel's contents alerts Sancho to the lesson that which element is "the key to survival" (129)?
(a) Resignation.
(b) Denial.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Detachment.

6. What is NOT an action taken by the "giant mosaic portraits" (215) on the walls of the subway station in Chapter 14?
(a) They judge him.
(b) They stare at him.
(c) They find him wanting.
(d) They ignore him.

7. Quichotte tells Sancho that "the only antidote to human misery is" (150) what?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Love.
(c) Community.
(d) Mystery.

8. While thinking about the subway posters in Chapter 14, Brother declares himself to be what kind of father?
(a) Bad.
(b) Fair.
(c) Passable.
(d) Pitiful.

9. Against whose advice did Miss Salma R trust and love her maternal grandfather, Babajan?
(a) Her grandmother's.
(b) Her sister's and her mother's.
(c) Her aunt's and her mother's.
(d) Her mother's and her grandmother's.

10. Other than the knowledge inherited from Quichotte, what other source of knowledge does Sancho use to figure out "how the world works" (131)?
(a) Television.
(b) Movies.
(c) Board games.
(d) Magazines.

11. The narrator states in the tenth chapter that the idea of Miss Salma R has by now become "a creation of" (145) all but which of the following things in Quichotte's mind?
(a) Television images.
(b) Regrets.
(c) Words.
(d) Thoughts.

12. Jonesco mysteriously examines which parts of Quichotte and Sancho's bodies in the novel's twelfth chapter?
(a) Elbows.
(b) Ears.
(c) Knees.
(d) Eyes.

13. Quichotte promises to teach Sancho different dialects of which language?
(a) Latin.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Hindi.
(d) French.

14. What criticism does Sancho make about Quichotte's driving skills?
(a) He turns too hard.
(b) He drives too fast.
(c) He drives too slow.
(d) He brakes too quickly.

15. Quichotte tells Sancho in the novel's tenth chapter, "Only knowledge of" what "can save us now" (145)?
(a) The beloved.
(b) The past.
(c) Mortality.
(d) The divine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of objects does Thayer collect in case he wants to extort anything from Miss Salma R in the future?

2. Quichotte tells Sancho that "Human life is mostly" (150) what?

3. On which other character is the fictional character of the Human Trampoline based?

4. For what purpose do Quichotte and Sancho visit Lake Capote?

5. When Quichotte insists that he and Sancho must give up their desires and attachments, which element of life does he declare exempt?

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