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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. When Mrs. Aubrey tells Chance that the Wall Street Journal has predicted his appointment to a Financial Corporation Board and they would like a statement from him, what does Chance say?
(a) He wants to speak with them now.
(b) They will have to wait.
(c) That he cannot give them anything.
(d) He would rather be on television again.

2. What is Grunmann's first name?
(a) Ben.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Walter.

3. How has Sulkin had Gardiner's appearance on "This Evening" analyzed?
(a) He had computers analyze his vocabulary and other characteristics.
(b) He had psychiatrists evaluate his conversation.
(c) He took note of every five-syllable word Gardiner used.
(d) He was in the audience that evening for the live broadcast.

4. What does Grunmann first suspect about Chance?
(a) That he might be an agent of a foreign power.
(b) That he is preparing a coup d'etat.
(c) That he is insane.
(d) That he plans to assasinate the President.

5. What does EE make of Chance's reluctance to receive her advances?
(a) She believes he is a man of restraint and is waiting for her husband's death.
(b) She thinks he prefers men to women.
(c) She cannot understand any of it and takes off in a huff.
(d) She is angry that he doesn't find her attractive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does EE tell Chance before she leaves his room?

2. When Ambassador Skrapinov can get no information on Chance's background from the Special Section, what is his reaction?

3. What gets Chance interested in the book Stiegler speaks of?

4. When EE tries to seduce Chance in his bedroom, what is his first reaction?

5. Where does Chance's secretary tell Chance she has seen his photographs the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does Benjamin Rand say to indicate that he thinks Chance is a very smart man?

2. How does Chance feel about an opportunity to appear on TV?

3. In what way does Chance inadvertently stun the journalists interviewing him after the U.N. gala?

4. Sulkin submits a tape of Gardiner's appearance on THIS EVENING for psychiatric, neurological and linguistic analysis. What is discovered?

5. What assumption does the French depute, Gaufridi, make about Chance's future?

6. What was one of Grunmann's concerns about what Gardiner might be up to? Why is it discounted?

7. Mr. Rand tells Chance that he admires his peacefulness. What is it about Chance that makes him appear so at ease?

8. What does Chance say to both a man at the dinner party and to EE when they each make sexual advances towards him? Why?

9. When the New York Times reporter, Tom Courtney, interviews Chance over the phone, what kind of answers does Chance give him?

10. Why is the President beginning to become suspicious of Chauncy Gardiner in Chapter 5?

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