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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robin Dempsey tell Frobisher is his most-used word?
(a) "Grease."
(b) "Road."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Beer."

2. On which poet did Persse McGarrigle write his thesis?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) John Keats.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) William Butler Yeats.

3. What is the name of the business on the reverse side of the prayer card Persse reads?
(a) Chamber Maids.
(b) Sophisticated Ladies.
(c) Girls Unlimited.
(d) Dancing Queens.

4. Which of these people does Persse not meet on the top floor of the residence hall?
(a) Rupert Sutcliffe.
(b) Philip Swallow.
(c) Angelica Pabst.
(d) Robin Dempsey.

5. In whose room does Persse hide in a wardrobe?
(a) Sybil Maiden's.
(b) Robin Dempsey's.
(c) Morris Zapp's.
(d) Angelica Pabst's.

6. Who is Alice Kauffman?
(a) Morris Zapp's publisher.
(b) Desiree's agent.
(c) One of Rodney Wainwright's students.
(d) The author of an article being reviewed by Arthur Kingfisher.

7. What is the theory that Persse asks Angelica to explain to him?
(a) Realism.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Structuralism.
(d) Textualism.

8. What is Ronald Frobisher watching on television when he falls asleep?
(a) Cartoons.
(b) A made-for-TV miniseries.
(c) The news.
(d) A police thriller series.

9. What do Philip and Morris drink as a nightcap?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Beer.
(d) Chianti.

10. How is Bernadette making a living?
(a) As a stripper.
(b) As a shop girl.
(c) As a hotel maid.
(d) As a call girl.

11. What delays Morris Zapp's flight in Rummidge?
(a) Heavy wind.
(b) Snow.
(c) Fog.
(d) Mechanical problems.

12. What has Persse written in the snow?
(a) "Angelica."
(b) "A.L. + P.M."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "Marry me."

13. What does Felix Skinner find in the basement storeroom of his publishing house?
(a) Philip Swallow's unsent books.
(b) A first edition of Charles Dickens' "Hard Times."
(c) Mice.
(d) A bottle of brandy.

14. With whom have the Ringbaums tagged along to the prizegiving party?
(a) Felix Skinner.
(b) Persse McGarrigle.
(c) Ronald Frobisher.
(d) Rudyard Parkinson.

15. What is at Helicon, New Hampshire?
(a) A rehabilitation center.
(b) A major art museum.
(c) An all-women's university.
(d) A writers' colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Persse tell Frobisher that he will spend his prize money on?

2. What does Hilary bring to Philip in the taxi?

3. What does "McGarrigle" mean in Irish?

4. What does Persse go into town to buy?

5. What is the epilogue to Philip's story?

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