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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the girl he visited in the hospital looked like as she sat up in her bed?
(a) A baby rabbit.
(b) An old hag.
(c) A hairless old man.
(d) A bald eagle.

2. What was the name of the girl who was dying of cancer?
(a) Lynne.
(b) Petra.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Sherri.

3. What does the author say caused Horselover Fat to slip by degrees into madness?
(a) Society pressures.
(b) Too many drugs.
(c) Thinking about madness.
(d) Gloria's death.

4. What type of pills are Nembutals?
(a) Paracetamals.
(b) Uppers.
(c) Headache pills.
(d) Sleeping pills.

5. From which country does Fat receive letters?
(a) China.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Japan.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

6. Who said "the nature of things is in habit of concealing itself."?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Hussey.
(d) Hercules.

7. What the main reason Horselover Fat bought drugs from Stephanie?
(a) She took checks.
(b) She sold good stuff.
(c) She was cheap.
(d) He liked her.

8. Where do Sherri and Fat share an apartment?
(a) Orange County.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) Santa Ana.
(d) Berkeley.

9. What drug did Stephanie used to have nightmares that the prices were always rising?
(a) Hashish.
(b) LSD.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) MDMA.

10. What game does Penny say Fat should play?
(a) Dominoes.
(b) Paper chains.
(c) Hoops.
(d) Cards.

11. Which character does Horselover Fat call a schizoid?
(a) David.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Bob.

12. What does Fat say is the only real time?
(a) Dream time.
(b) Love time.
(c) Day time.
(d) Night time.

13. Where did Bp. Pike die of thirst?
(a) The Dead Sea Desert.
(b) The Sahara Desert.
(c) The Yorkshire Moors.
(d) The Mexico plain.

14. Who does Stone say Fat is the authority on?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Plato.
(c) Samael.
(d) Nag Hammadi.

15. What kind of text does Dr. Stone give Fat a translation of?
(a) A Gnostic text.
(b) A Gothic text.
(c) A Nomad text.
(d) A biblical text.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the main character?

2. Why does the author compare Sherri to Gloria?

3. What did Horselover Fat claim slumbered inside his ceramic pot?

4. Which famous psychologist talked about phylogenic memory?

5. What author does David like to quote?

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