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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brand of phone does Jerry use?
(a) Apple.
(b) Nokia.
(c) Samsung.
(d) Motorola.

2. How does “The Line” gloss the term “mir”?
(a) A farming cooperative.
(b) A flaming conflagration.
(c) A failed congregation.
(d) A framing collective.

3. Which of the following writers does Touchett idolize?
(a) Dostoevsky.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Nobokov.
(d) Chekhov.

4. Which of the following so-called mystics does “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” cite?
(a) Kong Qiu.
(b) Xunzi.
(c) Lao Tzu.
(d) Mencius.

5. What is the name of the artist with whom Pushkin confers?
(a) John Smith.
(b) Sergei Litvinov.
(c) Giskard Reventlov.
(d) Pickup Andropov.

6. What was the nightly rate on the rooms Jerry and Smitty took?
(a) $100.
(b) $300.
(c) $400.
(d) $200.

7. From where does Susie come?
(a) Akron.
(b) Lorain.
(c) Toledo.
(d) Oberlin.

8. What brand of vodka does Smitty purloin?
(a) Smirnoff.
(b) Gray Goose.
(c) Absolut.
(d) Tito’s.

9. In what Moscow district do Irina and Pushkin initially take up residence?
(a) Presnensky.
(b) Khamovniki.
(c) Tverskov.
(d) Arbat.

10. What brand of phone does Jerry see in use at the airport as he works to reschedule his flight?
(a) Apple.
(b) Motorola.
(c) Samsung.
(d) Nokia.

11. Of which of the following is Jerry reminded by a fellow elevator passenger?
(a) Ms. Starkey.
(b) Mr. Daniels.
(c) Dr. Tivy.
(d) Mrs. Peterson.

12. In what row is Jerry able to book a seat on a new flight?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

13. In whose memory is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Stuart Bock Towles.
(b) Stanley Stout Towles.
(c) Stephen Pilsner Towles.
(d) Stokley Porter Towles.

14. What *author* is Touchett reading as “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” begins?
(a) James.
(b) Denny.
(c) Perkins.
(d) Hardee.

15. What quality is ascribed to the artist with whom Pushkin confers?
(a) Magnanimity.
(b) Perspicacity.
(c) Officiousness.
(d) Loquaciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year do Pushkin and Irina move to Moscow?

2. What brand of whiskey does Smitty purloin?

3. How much would Touchett’s grandmother send him?

4. For how many hours does Pushkin wait for cabbage?

5. From what city is Touchett?

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