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. Why is Woody plagued with doubts about God?
(a) Because he is an atheist.
(b) Because he loves his family.
(c) Because his name is Woody.
(d) Because of cruel and silly accidents.

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

3. Who does God make a bet with regarding Job's faithfulness to God?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Satan.
(c) Woody Allen.
(d) Michael the Archangel.

4. What does Mr. Sykes's spirit attempt to shoplift?
(a) A nice pair of leather boots.
(b) A large set of knives.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A tie.

5. Which of the following does God do to test Job's faithfulness to him?
(a) Eats all Job's favorite ice cream.
(b) Smacks Mrs. Job in the head with a polo mallet.
(c) He does not talk to Job for a year.
(d) Has Job arrested for tax fraud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does Dr. Twelge claim was a popular year for spirits to leave their bodies and go to India?

2. Where does the title of this collection of stories come from?

3. Which of the following things has Albert Sykes's spirit left his body to go off and do on its own?

4. Who is Hans Spiro?

5. According to the narrator what have Jorgen Lovborg's plays brought about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sigmund's relationship with Justine and Yvette?

2. What is the third and final method civil disobedience the author describes and how is it described?

3. Who is Lovborg and his women? Who are his women supposed to symbolize?

4. What is Anna and what does she discuss with Kleinman?

5. What does Kleinman learn about the killer as he speaks to him? What does Kleinman suggest to the killer?

6. Who is Dr. Osgood Mulford Twelge and what does he do?

7. What do "On Seeing a Tree in Summer" and "On Tripping Through a Copse Picking Violets" seem to cover or determine?

8. What are some of the worries or anxieties that Woody shares in the opening section of the book?

9. What does Kaiser find when he arrives at Hunter College Book Store?

10. Why does Berte kill herself?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 757 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample