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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is considered a highly visible type of protest according to Allen?
(a) Both of the answers are correct.
(b) Hunger Srike.
(c) Demonstrating and marching.
(d) Both of the answers are wrong.

2. Which of the following things has Albert Sykes's spirit left his body to go off and do on its own?
(a) Vaction.
(b) Shop.
(c) All are correct.
(d) Drink.

3. What is the main purpose of a hunger strike?
(a) To physically harm those who are oppressing.
(b) To gain the support of millions in other countries.
(c) To be a physical obstacle to the oppressors.
(d) To shame the oppressors through willful starvation.

4. Where does Sir Arthur Nurney end up after his teleportation while in the bath?
(a) The Chrysler Building.
(b) Seattle, WA.
(c) The Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
(d) In her Royal Higness's bed chambers.

5. Who is Mrs. Sanstand supposedly a representation of?
(a) Mother nature.
(b) Lovborg's mother.
(c) The King of England.
(d) Womens Rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many scenes are in the play "A Day in the Life of a Doe"?

2. What is the doctor's last dying request of Kleinman?

3. What are the characters in "The Sacrifice" ?

4. What word is repeated in the scrolls that is possible evidence that they are forgeries?

5. What type of tree does Allen consider in "On Seeing a Tree in Summer"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Netta and Dorf and what do they represent?

2. What does the reader derive about ghosts or spirits by reading "Examining Psychic Phenomena"?

3. How does Kaiser discover where the call girl service is based?

4. What ailment does Woody's nephew seem to have and what does this cause Woody to think of regarding Emily Dickinson's quote?

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

6. Who does the narrator compare Allen's play to and what excuse does the narrator give for there being no later plays?

7. Where does the title of this book come from and what does the title seem to mean?

8. What happens to Natasha in the ballet "Dmitri"?

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

10. What happens to the doctor in the alley and what does he tell Kleinman?

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