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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Percival’s father die?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1986.

2. To which of the following does Percival compare an Annunciation?
(a) Sestina.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Limerick.
(d) Haiku.

3. In what year is Percival born?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1960.

4. To what collection does Percival first take Lucas?
(a) Thomas J. Watson.
(b) Michael C. Rockefeller.
(c) Hal Lehman.
(d) Robert Lehman.

5. What does the narrator eat before the first concert she attends at Carnegie Hall?
(a) Beef Stroganoff.
(b) Goulash.
(c) Borscht.
(d) Beef Wellington.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which of the following does Nell work?

2. What is the name of the usher to whom Tommy complains?

3. By what publication is Jeremy employed?

4. At what club does Peggy assert John plays squash?

5. Where had Bobby Daniels worked?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Percival assert that admission to the Metropolitan Museum is for a “recommended” fee?

2. Why does the narrator agree to go to Carnegie Hall with Tommy?

3. Why does Jeremy opt to go out with a friend while Nell follows John?

4. To what does Percival ascribe the decline of appetites with age?

5. Why had Nell’s biological father started bringing weekly flowers to Peggy?

6. Summarize Percival’s opinion of Madeline Davis.

7. How does Percival get into clubs of which he is not a member?

8. Why is John called Gloria by the roller-skating group?

9. How does Tommy get seats at Carnegie Hall?

10. How does the DiDomenico fragment come to be?

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