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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which country is it "not necessary" to tip taxi drivers?
(a) Norway.
(b) Japan.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Israel.

2. Who has kidnapped Morris Zapp?
(a) A rival for the UNESCO chair.
(b) A group of feminists angry about his "Textuality as Striptease" paper.
(c) A group of left-wing extremists.
(d) The Mafia.

3. What is the name of the holiday celebrated during this Zurich conference on June 16th?
(a) Founder's Day.
(b) Swiss Cheese Day.
(c) Bloomsday.
(d) Blossoming Day.

4. What is Blue Heaven?
(a) A live sex show.
(b) A bar.
(c) A dance review.
(d) A hotel.

5. What is the initial ransom demanded for Morris Zapp?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $500,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $250,000.

6. Whom does Angelica love?
(a) Ernesto Morgana.
(b) Peter McGarrigle.
(c) Morris Zapp.
(d) Persse McGarrigle.

7. What prevents Persse from boarding Angelica's flight?
(a) No passport.
(b) No seats on the plane.
(c) No way to pay for a ticket.
(d) No visa.

8. What does one of the flight attendants try to recite into the microphone on Persse's flight into Ireland?
(a) The Act of Contrition.
(b) The 23rd Psalm.
(c) The Hail Mary.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

9. Why does Persse fly to London?
(a) To attend Morris Zapp's conference.
(b) To meet Angelica.
(c) To visit a lawyer.
(d) To find Bernadette.

10. What is the average attendance at the annual MLA conference?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 5,000.

11. How is Philip traveling out of Ankara?
(a) By night train.
(b) By car.
(c) By bus.
(d) By plane.

12. The class Persse is tutoring is visiting a site associated with what famous poet?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) John Keats.
(c) W.B. Yeats.
(d) William Shakespeare.

13. What title is "The Strange Affair of the Flesh and the Bosom" a translation of?
(a) "Madame Bovary."
(b) "The Merchant of Venice."
(c) "Pride and Prejudice."
(d) "The Canterbury Tales."

14. Who originally found Angelica and Lily Pabst in the airplane?
(a) Philip Swallow.
(b) Arthur Kingfisher.
(c) Hermann Pabst.
(d) Sybil Maiden.

15. What travel arrangements does Morris hint at for his rather last-minute invitee?
(a) First-class train travel across the Middle East.
(b) A helicopter tour of Jerusalem.
(c) The Concorde for the transatlantic flight.
(d) A first-class berth on the Queen Elizabeth II to cross the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does Philip meet up with Joy for a tryst?

2. With whom does Fulvia Morgana have an affair at the Vienna conference?

3. What poet does Philip correctly identify when quoted to him?

4. What does Persse find of Angelica's in the trash?

5. What does the reference on the prayer card tell Persse?

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