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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does the protagonist compare Spengler?
(a) Kant.
(b) Schopenhauer.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Hegel.

2. With which of the following does IV begin?
(a) “Hi. I’m Dr Cohen.”
(b) “I thought perhaps you weren’t coming.”
(c) “How have you been?”
(d) “Good morning.”

3. To what city does the protagonist note moving?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Yuma.
(c) Flagstaff.
(d) Tuscon.

4. In which of the following does the protagonist’s father die?
(a) Juárez.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Lake Tahoe.
(d) El Paso.

5. With which of the following does IV end?
(a) “Because that’s what people do when they’re waiting for the end of something.”
(b) “Sorry. Yes. Very close. Time’s up.”
(c) “Salvaged out of a bleak sea of the incomputable. Time’s up.”
(d) “I don’t know. Yes. You will see me.”

6. Where did the protagonist and her brother visit Nina Rindt?
(a) Bern.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Lucerne.
(d) Zurich.

7. To which honkytonk does the protagonist note having gone?
(a) Gruene Hall.
(b) Tootsies Orchid Lounge.
(c) The Moonlight Diner.
(d) The Broken Spoke.

8. How old does the protagonist report being when she learned to read?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

9. What name does the protagonist give to the “presence beyond the gate” (106)?
(a) Archmagister.
(b) Archatron.
(c) Megatron.
(d) Megamagister.

10. In what part of the brain does the protagonist posit the unconscious resides?
(a) Amygdala.
(b) Corpus callosum.
(c) Thalamus.
(d) Locus ceruleus.

11. What show does the protagonist note the Kid discusses?
(a) The Gypsy from Poughkeepsie.
(b) The Raucous in Secaucus.
(c) Beverly’s Reveilles.
(d) The Fairview Review.

12. With which of the following does V begin?
(a) “Hi. I’m Dr Cohen.”
(b) “How are you doing?”
(c) “I thought perhaps you weren’t coming.”
(d) “How have you been?”

13. Which of the following composers does the protagonist esteem?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Berlioz.
(c) Bach.
(d) Brahms.

14. Which of the following does the Kid note is featured in the Barnfowl Follies?
(a) The Chick from Passaic.
(b) The Hen from Red Glen.
(c) The Rooster from Worcester.
(d) The Cock from Montauk.

15. How old was the protagonist when she left home for college?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the protagonist ascribe to the Kid?

2. Which of the following books does the Kid reference?

3. Which of the following had placed the protagonist on suicide watch?

4. Which of the following do the interlocutor and his wife do?

5. Which of the following does the protagonist note meeting at IHES?

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