View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, after Bobby leaves the agent's office, he thinks about his visit to his sister's mental hospital. What is the name of the mental hospital?
(a) Tisch Hospital.
(b) Belleview Sanitarium.
(c) House of Gold.
(d) Stella Maris.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, how does John sum up Bobby's history?
(a) As a man who dances with fate.
(b) As a man who has been rejected by God.
(c) As a man whose tragedy is his sun.
(d) As a man broken on the wheel of devotion.

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, who does John say is wiser than Hamlet?
(a) Rosenberg.
(b) Krantz
(c) Trimalchio.
(d) Ophelia.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what is John's solution for getting off of parole?
(a) Have his case thrown out.
(b) Change identity.
(c) Be acquitted for good behavior.
(d) Pay off the judge.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what is John's father's profession?
(a) Country store keeper.
(b) Biographer.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, after his meeting with Kline, who does Bobby go searching for?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Kline's profession?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, Where does Bobby see John Sheddan?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say about French white wine?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, in what year does Bobby arrive in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What cathartic exclamations does Bobby make at the end of his visit with the person who comes to visit Bobby while Bobby is living alone in a shack by the beach?

2. Why does Bobby go back Wartburg, Tennessee after his conversation with Asher?

3. Who shows up in the girl's recovery room? How do they look? What is the girl's response?

4. After Bobby's meeting with the IRS agent, he meets up with Kline. What does Kline say about the shape of his own life and how is that a contrast to Bobby's life?

5. Over the winter, Bobby has a dream of a doctor and a nurse showing him something and asking if Bobby wants to show that something to her. What is the thing that they are discussing and who is the "her"?

6. Where does Bobby go to live for the winter after having his conversation with Kline about Bobby getting on with his life?

7. What does the IRS agent at the post office say is the reason for the IRS becoming involved in Bobby's life?

8. In the opening of the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where is Bobby and what is he doing?

9. What does the girl say to the Kid about why she does not write down her mathematical conjectures?

10. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does the Kid tell the girl about math and reality before she goes to bed?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 897 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample