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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pages is "Higher Education"?
(a) 75 pages.
(b) 100 pages.
(c) 50 pages.
(d) 30 pages.

2. Who is the overseer at Nathan's day job?
(a) Lonoff.
(b) McElroy.
(c) Hope.
(d) Amy.

3. What job does Nathan do three days a week?
(a) Sell vacuum cleaners.
(b) Sell self-help books.
(c) Sell lawn care services.
(d) Sell magazine subscriptions.

4. How long is Nathan's short story that he references in Chapter 2?
(a) 10,00 words.
(b) 15,000 words.
(c) 20,000 words.
(d) 15,000 pages.

5. How many questions for Nathan are included with the letter?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

6. What are the watercolor paintings in the living room of?
(a) Family.
(b) The ocean.
(c) An old farmhouse.
(d) A dog.

7. Who is the city's first Jewish mayor?
(a) Doctor Zuckerman.
(b) Leopold Wapter.
(c) E.I. Lonoff.
(d) Meyer Ellenstein.

8. Where does Lonoff tell Nathan that Amy is from?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) Australia.

9. What do the neighbors call Nathan's father?
(a) Doc.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Zuckerman.
(d) Zucky.

10. What poet does Chopin's work get compared to in Lonoff's study?
(a) Byron.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Keats.
(d) Yeats.

11. What book contains the only photograph of Lonoff?
(a) The Ghost Writer.
(b) It's your Funeral.
(c) When She Was Good.
(d) Higher Education.

12. What publication writes a blurb about Nathan?
(a) New York Post.
(b) New York Times.
(c) Saturday Evening Post.
(d) Saturday Review.

13. What is Nathan's father's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Foot doctor.
(c) Artist.
(d) Judge.

14. Where do some people think Lonoff was writing from?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) England.

15. What college did Nathan attend?
(a) University of Indiana.
(b) University of Illinois.
(c) University of Wisconsin.
(d) University of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nathan try to write a letter to in Lonoff's study?

2. What does Lonoff say he turns all day?

3. Who is the man that the narrator is going to visit in Chapter 1?

4. What type of typewriter does Lonoff have?

5. What do the college boys call the overseer?

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