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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 Jane privately ask Art about Cleveland?
(a) If he is seeing any other girls.
(b) If he bought her a birthday gift.
(c) If he loves her.
(d) If he is dealing drugs.

2. What does Art tell the bookstore employees?
(a) His kidnapping was a prank of Cleveland's.
(b) He got fired.
(c) He is quitting next week.
(d) He got a raise.

3. Where does Art work during the day?
(a) Books & Co.
(b) Barnes & Noble.
(c) Borders Books.
(d) Boardwalk Books.

4. Which of the following do Art and Phlox NOT do at the bar?
(a) Play footsie.
(b) Drink martinis.
(c) Sit together in a corner.
(d) Dance.

5. What is the Cloud Factory?
(a) A yoga studio.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A clothing store.
(d) An industrial building.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose summer house do Art, Arthur and Cleveland go for a break from Pittsburgh?

2. Who is the protagonist of THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH?

3. Who are Art and Arthur searching for at the party?

4. What does Phlox think about Arthur's homosexuality?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of Art's concerns about the French literature Phlox will have to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Art feel about Cleveland's meeting his father?

2. Describe this period of "dilated time" in Art's life.

3. What is the first intimate interlude between Art and Arthur?

4. What happens when the Bellwethers return home early?

5. What does Teddy's mother do when she discovers what the boys have done to Happy?

6. What is the story of Cleveland's family?

7. What information does Art Bechstein, the protagonist, provide at the beginning of THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH?

8. How do the precipice and the cloud factory symbolize Art's fantasies for his new life?

9. Why does Art agree to have a beer with Arthur?

10. Why is Art's life filled with secrets?

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