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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Blue in Chapter I?
(a) Over forty.
(b) Not yet thirty.
(c) Thirtysomething.
(d) Still a teenager.

2. Fill in the following quote from Chapter I: "Or perhaps his order was life and the world his _____________."
(a) Teacup.
(b) Monastery.
(c) Education.
(d) Oyster.

3. How long did it take Blue to spend $900,000 dollars?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Two months.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten months.

4. How much money does Blue really have?
(a) Five million.
(b) Three million.
(c) One million.
(d) Two million.

5. Which of the following is not a reason to not live on a skyscraper roof?
(a) The wind.
(b) The fog.
(c) The airplanes.
(d) The elevators.

6. How is Blue described when the narrator first runs into him in Chapter I?
(a) Like a retired businessman.
(b) Like an Oxford professor.
(c) Like a college boy on holiday.
(d) Like a sunburned athlete.

7. What does No. 2,757,311 do on top of the large tower?
(a) Paints a picture.
(b) Holds mass.
(c) Plays the guitar.
(d) Smokes a cigarette.

8. In England, who does Blue visit the important places in the life of?
(a) Thomas Cromwell.
(b) King Henry VIII.
(c) Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.
(d) Sir Thomas More.

9. What kind of society does Blue want the narrator to write a booklet for?
(a) A special society for husbands and fathers.
(b) A society for wives and children of Saints.
(c) A society for the educated elite.
(d) A society for the poor and homeless.

10. Who first introduced the narrator to Blue?
(a) Phillips.
(b) Stevens.
(c) Warren.
(d) Patrick.

11. In Blue's motion picture idea, what does IGW stand for?
(a) The Inconclusive Graphic Witchhunt.
(b) The International Government of the World.
(c) The Imaginary Gem Word.
(d) The Identifier of Good Works.

12. In Blue's motion picture idea, what does SC No.1 refer to?
(a) New York.
(b) A musical score.
(c) Blue's assigned number.
(d) The food source.

13. What is the name of the cigar shop that Stevens and the narrator were talking in?
(a) Joe's.
(b) Al's.
(c) Bill's.
(d) Ed's.

14. What does Blue do at the beginning of Chapter III?
(a) Goes for a walk
(b) Flies a kite.
(c) Hosts a gallery showing on the rooftop skyscraper.
(d) Puts on a concert.

15. Besides Stevens, who is the other guest at Blue's party in Chapter II?
(a) Nicolaus McDaniels.
(b) Earnest Lewis.
(c) Timothy Ewing.
(d) Abraham Morgenthau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Blue want to publish a deluxe edition of?

2. At what time is Blue's party to start that Stevens attended?

3. What did the narrator think is wrong with Blue's motion picture idea?

4. According to Stevens, what is Blue fond of?

5. In Chapter I, where does Blue go on a pilgrimage?

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