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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis say is not within human beings to do forever?
(a) To be tied to one person.
(b) To live in the same city.
(c) To live without heartbreak.
(d) To be in a long-distance relationship.

2. How old is Javier, the man with whom Arthur spends the night in Paris?
(a) 24.
(b) 49.
(c) 36.
(d) 62.

3. What is the name of Zohra's former lover, whose place on the trip Arthur took when she and Zohra broke up?
(a) Julie.
(b) Susan.
(c) Katie.
(d) Janet.

4. When Arthur shouts to Lewis "This isn't a birthday!" (108), what does he say it is instead?
(a) A Raymond Chandler novel.
(b) An Agatha Christie novel.
(c) A Sherlock Holmes story.
(d) A Truman Capote novel.

5. Besides Arthur, who else celebrates a birthday during the group's journey across Morocco?
(a) Zohra.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Carlos.

6. Instead of a key, what does Arthur's university apartment door in Germany require him to use in order for the door to be unlocked?
(a) A retina scanner.
(b) A fingerprint scanner.
(c) An electronic key fob.
(d) A coded padlock.

7. The writer's retreat attended by Arthur in India is on a hill above which sea?
(a) The Caspian Sea.
(b) The Black Sea.
(c) The Arabian Sea.
(d) The Dead Sea.

8. The narrator describes Javier as smelling of cigarettes and what else?
(a) Vanilla.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Car exhaust.
(d) Lavender.

9. What error is printed on the flap of the latest printing of one of Arthur's previous novels?
(a) The number of awards he has won is wrong.
(b) The title of his first novel is wrong.
(c) His age is wrong.
(d) His ethnicity is wrong.

10. Upon seeing Lewis again, Arthur describes him as being as what "as ever"? (163)
(a) Excited.
(b) Gloomy.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Funny.

11. How many students initially show up to Arthur's first class session at Liberated University in Germany?
(a) 80.
(b) 250.
(c) 30.
(d) 130.

12. When Finley announces the reason that Arthur's work is not included in the gay literary canon, what does he state as the reason?
(a) Arthur is a bad gay.
(b) Arthur is a white male.
(c) Arthur is a bad writer.
(d) Arthur is bisexual.

13. With whom does Arthur spend the night after he has dinner with Hans and Hans's friends in Germany?
(a) Augustus.
(b) Hans.
(c) Ulrich.
(d) Bastian.

14. In what German city is the university at which Arthur teaches for a time?
(a) Munich.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Berlin.

15. What does Zohra say about the mind that resonates with Arthur completely, due to his regrets about letting Freddy go?
(a) The mind is incompatible with the heart.
(b) The mind is incapable of seeing the bigger picture.
(c) The mind cannot be trusted.
(d) The mind is the enemy of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what material is Arthur's cottage at the writer's retreat crafted?

2. What task does Arthur plan to complete during his stay at the writer's retreat?

3. What incarnation of facial hair does Arthur begin to grow in Germany?

4. How many days away is Arthur's birthday once he arrives in Morocco?

5. What question does the pastor encourage Arthur to ask himself whenever something during his stay seems to him strange or foolish?

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