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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the dictator of the Philippines when the narrator leaves in Chapter 1?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Chairman Mao.
(c) Ferdinand Marcos.
(d) Emilio Aguinaldo.

2. What word in the novel refers to the practice of concealing a message within another message?
(a) Stenography.
(b) Lithography.
(c) Steganography.
(d) Patriarchy.

3. To what song does the General go onstage to dance with the performer at the wedding in Chapter 7?
(a) "Black is Black."
(b) "Twist and Shout."
(c) "Black Bird."
(d) "Satisfaction."

4. Where does Lana attend college?
(a) New York University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) The University of California at Berkeley.
(d) Rutgers, the University of New Jersey.

5. What is the name of the Auteur's gardener?
(a) Jose.
(b) Danny Boy.
(c) Sonny.
(d) Jason.

6. What is Ms. Mori's first name?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Violet.
(d) Sophia.

7. What Founding Father does the narrator describe having said that an older mistress is a wonderful thing in Chapter 5?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) John Adams.

8. Where does the narrator take the General and Madame to the Congressman's house for dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) San Clementine.
(b) Santa Ana.
(c) Huntington Beach.
(d) Newport Beach.

9. What author does the narrator say that Man had introduced him and Bon to in Chapter 1?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Alexandre Dumas.
(c) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(d) Richard Hedd.

10. What kind of camera does the narrator describe carrying in the hidden compartment of his rucksack?
(a) A Canon camera.
(b) An Aigo camera.
(c) A Minox camera.
(d) A Polaroid camera.

11. What food does Madame offer to the narrator when he visits in Chapter 8?
(a) Bún bò Huế.
(b) Bahn mi.
(c) Pho.
(d) Spring rolls.

12. Whom does the narrator say actually came up with the question attributed to Lenin in Chapter 1: "What is to be done?"
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Chairman Mao.
(c) Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
(d) Karl Marx.

13. Where have the narrator and Bon landed in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) Guam.
(d) Laos.

14. To what religion does Bon ascribe?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Islam.

15. The narrator says in Chapter 11, "The longer I worked on the Movie, the more I was convinced that I was not only a technical consultant on an artistic project, but an infiltrator into a work of" what?
(a) "Genius."
(b) "Master."
(c) "Propaganda."
(d) "Violence."

Short Answer Questions

1. What author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?

2. Who is the young student that the narrator describes discussing Mao with him and Man in Chapter 11?

3. What does the narrator say his father called him in Chapter 2?

4. How many children does the narrator describe the General having in Chapter 1?

5. How tall is Claude described as in Chapter 1?

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