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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the elders decide to sacrifice the young woman?
(a) They force her to dance herself to death.
(b) They are going to sacrifice her to a dragon.
(c) They are going to throw her off a cliff into the ocean.
(d) They force her to drink poison.

2. What type of civil disobedience involves shouting slogans and signs?
(a) Fundraising.
(b) Letter-writing.
(c) Petitioning.
(d) Demonstrating and marching.

3. What weapon does Flossie pull on Kaiser?
(a) A crossbow.
(b) A large dagger.
(c) Nunchucks.
(d) A gun.

4. What happens to Klavar Akdal when the roof of the hen house collapses on him?
(a) He dies.
(b) He can see the future.
(c) He is left forever blind and bald.
(d) He is crippled on the right side of his body.

5. What is Allen considering in "On Seeing a Tree in Summer"?
(a) The beauty of the deciduous forest.
(b) The best time of year to plant trees.
(c) The motivations and characteristics of a tree.
(d) Which trees are better than others.

6. What does the ghost of Mr. Dubbs's brother do to Mrs. Dubbs?
(a) Tries to murder her.
(b) Levitates her over the dinner table for twenty minutes.
(c) Comes to her in dreams.
(d) Sings a song to her at her birthday party.

7. What is one way the oppressors can end a hunger strike according to Allen?
(a) By eating smelly foods in front of the strikers.
(b) Tempt the protesters into eating.
(c) By changing the law to make hunger strikes illegal.
(d) Offering everyone money.

8. What is the doctor's last dying request of Kleinman?
(a) He makes Kleinman promise to tell no one that he is dead.
(b) He asks Kleinman not fail the group.
(c) He asks Kleinman to give a note to his mother.
(d) He asks Kleinman to remove the knife from his back.

9. What happens after Kleinman is killed?
(a) The main groups splits off into many different groups.
(b) Gina becomes the new leader of the group.
(c) Kleinman goes home.
(d) The killer reveals himself as the doctor.

10. Who helped catch the Dusseldorf Strangler?
(a) Marx.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Shafari.
(d) Londos.

11. What conclusion does Allen come to in "On Tripping Through a Copse Picking Violets"?
(a) That tripping through a copse picking violets is a complete waste of one's time.
(b) That violets are the most beautiful flower on the planet.
(c) The one should not pick violets because it causes them physical pain.
(d) That there is nothing better than tripping through a copse.

12. What happens to the merchant's t-shirts when he adds the animal to them as God suggested?
(a) They look like costumes.
(b) No one buys them at all.
(c) They are hugely successful.
(d) They are bought only by women under the age of 36.

13. How long had Mr. Dubbs's brother been dead when he saw his ghost?
(a) 14 years.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

14. What animal does God suggest the merchant put on his t-shirts?
(a) Puma.
(b) Alligator.
(c) Bear.
(d) Eagle.

15. According to the narrator what have Jorgen Lovborg's plays brought about?
(a) A safer means of weighing herring.
(b) A sense of hope for all Scandinavian playwrights.
(c) The true depiction of comedy.
(d) A good example of a strong male character.

Short Answer Questions

1. What curse is put on Yvette in "The Spell"?

2. What news of Hacker does Gina reveal to Kleinman?

3. What are the pests on a quest for in "The Predators"?

4. What is the front for Flossie's call girls service?

5. In which of the essays is morality discussed?

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