Seize the Day Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Tamkin claims to have done in his life?
(a) He worked with a Polish inventor on an unsinkable ship.
(b) He had been in a criminal underworld called the Detroit Purple Gang.
(c) He was a successful extra in Hollywood.
(d) He was head of a mental clinic in Toledo.

2. What is the first place Wilhelm and Tamkin go in Chapter 5?
(a) The brokerage office.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The store.
(d) The newsstand.

3. While on the phone with Margaret, what does Wilhelm hear in the background that tells him everything is okay?
(a) Car horns blaring.
(b) Silence.
(c) His sons laughing.
(d) The dog barking.

4. How much money does Wilhelm invest with Tamkin?
(a) $1500.
(b) $700.
(c) $1000.
(d) $300.

5. What does it mean when Tamkin 'works the house' at the stock market?
(a) He steals money.
(b) He talks to everyone he knows.
(c) He gets illegal advice.
(d) He invests a little bit in everything.

6. Who does Wilhelm think he sees at the funeral?
(a) Mr. Rappaport.
(b) Tamkin.
(c) Dr. Adler.
(d) Mr. Perls.

7. What is the result of Wilhelm's talk with Dr. Adler?
(a) He gives Wilhelm money to re-invest in the stock market.
(b) They both leave angry.
(c) He tells Wilhelm exactly where to find Tamkin.
(d) He sets Wilhelm up with a new girl.

8. Who clears two hundred a week by investing only in soy beans?
(a) Mr. Rappaport.
(b) Mr. Rowland.
(c) Tamkin.
(d) Mr. Perls.

9. Wilhelm was raised as part of which religion?
(a) He was raised Southern Baptist.
(b) He was raised Catholic.
(c) He was raised Jewish.
(d) He was raised Protestant.

10. Why does Wilhelm seek out his father in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) To ask him for rent money again.
(b) To get him to invest with Tamkin.
(c) To ask about his sister.
(d) To join him for a massage.

11. At the end of Chapter 6, where does Tamkin look for Wilhelm first?
(a) In the cafeteria.
(b) He doesn't bother looking for him at all.
(c) In the men's bathroom.
(d) In the cigar store.

12. What's the name of the movie that Wilhelm appeared in as an extra?
(a) Anna Karenina.
(b) Annie Oakley.
(c) Annie Laurie.
(d) Laura Proud and Tall.

13. Whose eyes "were as brown as beaver fur and full of strange lines?"
(a) Tamkin's.
(b) Dr. Adler's.
(c) Wilhelm's.
(d) Mr. Perl's.

14. What is the purpose of Tamkin's "Here-and-now" exercise?
(a) To cut down on confusion and stop you from thinking about the past.
(b) To have a vision of what stock to invest in.
(c) To pass the time when bored.
(d) To stop from hyper-ventilating.

15. How does Wilhelm arrive at the funeral?
(a) He was invited to attend.
(b) There is a large crowd that forces him to go inside.
(c) He goes in because he wants to.
(d) The policeman orders him to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wilhelm react to seeing the dead man?

2. What religion was Wilhelm's mother during his childhood?

3. While looking through Tamkin's things in Chapter 7, Wilhelm is interrupted by someone. Who is it?

4. How much money does Tamkin invest?

5. How much does Wilhelm say he needs to get by for his wife and two boys per year?

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