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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 do Tommy and his wife begin to attend concerts at Carnegie Hall?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1997.

2. What had been Tommy’s college major?
(a) English.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Accounting.
(d) History.

3. What pianist initially prompts Tommy to attend concerts at Carnegie Hall?
(a) Ashkenazy.
(b) Argerich.
(c) Kissin.
(d) Levine.

4. What does the DiDomenico fragment depict?
(a) Nativity.
(b) Annunciation.
(c) Assumption.
(d) Adoration.

5. What was Fein’s wife named?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Selina.
(d) Kathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Jeremy note having failed to read?

2. What is the given name of the DiDomenico whose fragment features in the story?

3. By what publication is Jeremy employed?

4. Which of the following does Nell invoke in an argument with Jeremy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jeremy recommend against taking a bottle of water when surveilling others?

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

3. How does Tommy get seats at Carnegie Hall?

4. How does the narrator contrast popular and Classical music?

5. Why, per Percival, are there few DiDomenico paintings?

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

7. What traits does Tommy possess that are helpful professionally but unhelpful personally?

8. What does the narrator of “The Bootlegger” note would be her preferred downtime activity?

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

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

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