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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. What does Philip notice about Anne-Marie's body when they shower together?
(a) She has tan lines.
(b) She has several surgical scars.
(c) She has blemishes on her back.
(d) She is sway-backed.

2. Where do the narrator and Philip go after leaving the Jobs' home?
(a) A bar in Arles.
(b) A bar in Lyons.
(c) A bar in Dijon.
(d) A bar in Provence.

3. Why is Anne-Marie miffed while at dinner with Philip?
(a) He spills his wine.
(b) He flirts with the waitress.
(c) He is interested in nearby diners.
(d) He falls asleep.

4. What is the narrator's destination city?
(a) Arles.
(b) Autun.
(c) Aspen.
(d) Austin.

5. What offer does Billy make to the narrator?
(a) To borrow his car.
(b) To get his a job with his father's firm.
(c) To stay in his New York apartment.
(d) To stay at his house in Autun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT true about Claude Piquet?

2. Who is the only friend of Billy's that Cristina says she likes?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe how Philip behaves toward Anne-Marie in public?

4. Which of the following does NOT describe Philip's life now?

5. Which of the following traits does NOT describe the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does the narrator find in Philip's diaries?

2. What is the nature of the narrator's documentation project in Chapter 20?

3. How has Philip's life changed from one of ease to one of extreme ambiguity and what could be considered a factor in his way of life now?

4. How does Anne-Marie intuitively feel about her relationship with Philip?

5. What are the narrator's thoughts about his life of solitude when viewed against Philip and Anne-Marie's affair?

6. How do thoughts of Philip and Anne-Marie's intimacy make the narrator feel even more alone?

7. What are the narrator's secret thoughts about Anne-Marie in Chapter 17?

8. How does the narrator spend his first full day in Autun?

9. What is ironic about Philip's situation?

10. Explain the correlation the author makes between Philip's soon-to-be-extinguished life and Philip and Anne-Marie engaging in anal sex.

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