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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sophie allow Nathan to undress her and put her to bed?
(a) she wanted to have an affair with him
(b) she was too confused to notice
(c) Nathan continues to refer to himself as a doctor
(d) she lost her modesty in the concentration camp

2. Who is Theodore Gilmore Bilbo?
(a) Bilbo is a racist and a petty tyrant
(b) a friend of Nathan's
(c) a doctor Sophie is seeing
(d) the governor of Virginia

3. What does the Weasel want from Stingo?
(a) to bring in more writers
(b) to write a best selling novel
(c) to conform to office standards
(d) to bring him lunch every day

4. What does Stingo do on this first morning in the boarding house?
(a) slept in late
(b) went to see Farrell
(c) bought a small dog
(d) bought writing supplies

5. In Chapter 3, Stingo does not yet know Sophie or Nathan well, but they wake him in the morning and ask him what?
(a) to join them on an outing to Coney Island
(b) if their noise disturbed him
(c) if he was a Jew
(d) if he knew how to speak German

6. What happened on the subway that made Sophie think about suicide?
(a) she was screamed at
(b) she was robbed
(c) she was molested
(d) she dreamt of her husband

7. How did Sophie feel Dr. Blackstock's treatments were doing?
(a) they made her health worse
(b) they were helping but not harming
(c) she didn't receive any treatments
(d) they were doing her much good

8. Who helped Sophie with her health problems after she met Nathan?
(a) Nathan's brother, Dr. Larry Landau
(b) Nathan's father, Dr. Nathan Landau
(c) Stingo's friend, Dr. Larry Morgan
(d) Nathan's boss, Dr. Roger Calhoun

9. Why does Stingo keep checking his watch when he and Sophie are talking?
(a) he thinks it's not working
(b) he has to be at work
(c) he wants to get out before Nathan gets home
(d) his mind is on his hot date that night

10. Where did Stingo learn his religious prejudices about Judaism?
(a) from his employer
(b) from his father
(c) from Nathan
(d) in Sunday School

11. About what does Nathan give Stingo a hard time?
(a) being short
(b) being from the south
(c) being in love with Sophie
(d) trying to be a writer

12. Where did Stingo obtain employment when he moved to New York?
(a) wall street
(b) the publishing firm of McGraw-Hill
(c) Manhattan Bank
(d) New York circuit court

13. Where did Stingo's father get the money?
(a) from a robbery
(b) part of a severance package
(c) from Stingo's brother
(d) an inheritance

14. What does Stingo find when he returns to the boarding house after the fight?
(a) Nathan has kicked Sophie out of the boarding house
(b) Nathan has wrecked Stingo's room
(c) Nathan has fallen asleep in the front yard
(d) Sophie is sleeping in Stingo's bed

15. What color is the Yetta Zimmerman's boarding house?
(a) purple
(b) glaring pink
(c) bright yellow
(d) black

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nathan do that Stingo thinks is funny as they're walking down the street?.

2. Where did Sophie see Hoss's picture one day?

3. Where is Sophie working in 1947, in America?

4. How does Stingo respond to Nathan's racism debate?

5. What book is Stingo reading the day he has his date with Leslie?

(see the answer keys)

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