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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Bogus not understand about Tulpen?
(a) Why Tulpen would continue to stay with him.
(b) How Tulpen can continue to be so quiet.
(c) How Tulpen sleeps surrounded by aquariums.
(d) How Tulpen could sleep with Ralph.

2. Why does the character in Akthelt and Gunnel not want their son visiting the father?
(a) She's afraid he'll see a whore.
(b) She's afraid he'll be killed in war.
(c) She's afraid he'll be excited by the sight of war.
(d) She's afraid he'll be forced to grow up too soon.

3. How is the sting blown?
(a) The police enter too early.
(b) The dealer doesn't take the money.
(c) The dealer steals the hashish.
(d) Bogus loses the hashish.

4. What does Dante carry in his underwear?
(a) A picture of his wife.
(b) Mace spray.
(c) A knife.
(d) A hundred dollars.

5. In Akthelt and Gunnel, who is the hero's bodyguard?
(a) A troll.
(b) A sphinx.
(c) A cyclops.
(d) A sprite.

6. How much time has passed since Bogus began his search for Merrill?
(a) A decade.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three weeks.

7. What causes Bogus to rewrite the entire translation of Akthelt and Gunnel?
(a) He thinks Akthelt would have liked it that way.
(b) He is afraid he won't get his PhD otherwise.
(c) He remembers Tulpen likes facts.
(d) He is stretching out the project to escape real life.

8. What does Couth give Bogus before Bogus leaves for New York?
(a) Lobsters.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Keys.
(d) Money.

9. Why is Bogus thrown out of the Iowa bar?
(a) He refuses to pay his tab.
(b) He urinates on the wall.
(c) He has consumed too much liquor.
(d) He is in a bar fight.

10. Where does Ralph's movie take place in Chapter 23?
(a) In Vienna.
(b) At the Pillsbury's estate.
(c) In Iowa.
(d) At sea.

11. What is Tulpen's complaint about Bogus as they are getting ready for bed?
(a) Bogus does not try to find a more suitable job.
(b) Bogus does not make love to her enough.
(c) Bogus does not clean up after himself.
(d) Bogus does not pay enough attention to her.

12. What news does Biggie deliver to Bogus when he returns Colm?
(a) She tells him Ralph is trying to sleep with her.
(b) She tells him Colm wants to move in with Tulpen.
(c) She tells him she is in love with Couth.
(d) She tells him the movie has been canceled.

13. What scene does Ralph request for the movie?
(a) He wants to film Bogus and Tulpen making love.
(b) He wants to film Bogus and Tulpen through the aquarium.
(c) He wants to film Bogus and Tulpen cleaning the house.
(d) He wants to film Bogus and Tulpen getting ready for bed.

14. How does Biggie describe Merrill?
(a) He is not as funny as he finds himself to be.
(b) He is well meaning.
(c) He is crazy and completly mad.
(d) He is more honest than Bogus.

15. What request does Biggie make before sending Colm to visit Bogus and Tulpen?
(a) She asks him to buy special milk for Colm.
(b) She asks him to refrain from lewd behavior.
(c) She asks him to move out of Tulpen's house.
(d) She asks him to purchase a car seat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fascinates Colm at Tulpen's house?

2. Why is Bogus angry at Kent when he sees him in the studio?

3. What story does Bogus tell Colm each night before bed?

4. What do Sprog and his wife do after being exiled?

5. What type of car does the limo driver own?

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