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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. What does Dr. Dohmler think about Dick's relationship with Nicole?
(a) He thinks they should no longer see each other.
(b) He thinks Nicole could find a more suitable match than Dick.
(c) He thinks Dick is the best thing that ever happened to Nicole.
(d) He thinks Dick and Nicole should marry right away.

2. Who is Dick and Nicole's son?
(a) Lawrence
(b) Lanier
(c) Lloyd
(d) Lance

3. How does Nicole spend money?
(a) Extravagantly
(b) Frugally
(c) Reasonably
(d) Not at all

4. Why has Dick taken this trip?
(a) To find himself
(b) To attend a conference
(c) To buy furniture
(d) To buy real estate

5. With whom does Dick spend his last days on the Riviera?
(a) His children
(b) Tommy
(c) Rosemary
(d) Nicole

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nicole's sister?

2. Why does Beth rouse Clay from his drunken sleep?

3. What news does Dick receive via telegram?

4. Who do Nicole and Beth see Dick talking to on the beach?

5. How does Nicole behave at the site of the car accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nicole manage to get the best of all the worlds she wants?

2. What are Nicole's perceptions of Tommy in Book 3, Chapter 6?

3. How is Dick's marriage to Nicole compared to a patient's case?

4. What is the tragic event that occurs while Dick is in Innsbruck?

5. What happens to Dick at the end of the novel?

6. How does Dick's profession get in the way of his marriage?

7. Describe the situation in which Dick falls into deeper emotional debt to Nicole's family.

8. How does Dick behave counter to his feelings about Nicole?

9. Explain the opinions that Franz and his wife have of the Divers.

10. What happens to make Dick deal with his feelings for Nicole?

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