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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does ELIZA tell Robin Dempsey will get the UNESCO chair?
(a) Robin Dempsey.
(b) Persse McGarrigle.
(c) Philip Swallow.
(d) Arthur Kingfisher.

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

3. With whom does Desiree Zapp have an affair at the Heidelberg conference?
(a) Persse McGarrigle.
(b) Rodney Wainwright.
(c) Ronald Frobisher.
(d) Siegfried von Turpitz.

4. What does "halcyon" mean in Greek?
(a) "Kingfisher."
(b) "Warm."
(c) "Wind."
(d) "Content."

5. Where does Persse discover that Angelica studied for a year?
(a) The Sorbonne.
(b) Oxford.
(c) University College, Dublin.
(d) Harvard.

6. Who asks the final question of the speakers at "The Function of Criticism" forum?
(a) Angelica Pabst.
(b) Jacques Textel.
(c) Fulvia Morgana.
(d) Persse McGarrigle.

7. Where is Angelica flying to from Geneva?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) London.
(d) Jerusalem.

8. How does Persse get to the airport from Lausanne?
(a) A bus.
(b) The train.
(c) Hitchhiking.
(d) A taxi.

9. What is the literal meaning of "karaoke"?
(a) "Wordless music."
(b) "Voice projection."
(c) "Amateur singers."
(d) "Empty orchestra."

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

11. In which country is soup eaten at every meal?
(a) Israel.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Korea.
(d) Japan.

12. What does the reference on the prayer card tell Persse?
(a) Angelica is married.
(b) Angelica has a twin sister.
(c) Angelica has died.
(d) Angelica is in the United States.

13. What literary work is referenced in the prayer Persse had previously hung up in the airport chapel?
(a) "Pamela."
(b) "Orlando Furioso."
(c) "The Waste Land."
(d) "The Faerie Queene."

14. Who is sitting next to Persse in the boat?
(a) Mr. Maxwell.
(b) Mrs. Finklepearl.
(c) Ben Bulben.
(d) Professor McCreedy.

15. What does Persse find of Angelica's in the trash?
(a) Tights that have a hole.
(b) A broken hairbrush.
(c) An earmarked magazine.
(d) A handwritten to-do list.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Persse decipher the reference he finds on his prayer?

2. Which of these is not mentioned as a hazard of modern travel?

3. What sound does Lodge use to symbolize all of the traveling that occurs during "conference season"?

4. From whom does Persse borrow $200 to get back to Ireland?

5. What title is "The Strange Affair of the Flesh and the Bosom" a translation of?

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