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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 Boomer Petway use to trick Ellen Cherry Charles into marrying him?
(a) A story about her father's dying wish.
(b) An orange peel.
(c) An RV that looks like a turkey.
(d) He promises her a trip to Europe.

2. Who donates Conch Shell to the Observatory?
(a) Jezebel.
(b) Solomon.
(c) The Israelites.
(d) The Phoenecians.

3. How does Boomer's turkey get noticed by a well-known art dealer?
(a) The dealer sees it and puts an ad in the classifieds looking for the creator.
(b) The dealer is coming by to look at Ellen Cherry's paintings.
(c) Boomer backs into the dealer's car at the grocery store.
(d) Ellen Cherry parks it outside an art museum.

4. How is the ancient observatory, where Conch Shell and Painted Stick live, funded?
(a) By Jezebel's family.
(b) By holy prostitutes.
(c) By plunder from war.
(d) By donations made to the oracle.

5. Where do the objects hide when they get to Manhattan?
(a) A cathedral.
(b) The I & I.
(c) A gas station.
(d) Ellen Cherry's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. After sleeping together, what do Ellen Cherry and Boomer leave behind?

2. Who brings the Airstream turkey?

3. What does Ellen Cherry want to paint after she finishes painting mountains?

4. Why do the objects begin to suspect that Ellen Cherry might be able to help them?

5. What is Ellen Cherry's first job out of art school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between the first veil that is revealed and the actions of the novel so far?

2. Why do you think that Ellen Cherry covers a nude portrait of Boomer with tongues?

3. Describe Turn Around Norman's Activity. How is it important in the novel?

4. When Ellen Cherry reflects on Boomer's fear that she loves art more than him, she admits that it's true, but adds that she loves art more than herself too. What does this tell us about Ellen Cherry and about her opinion of art?

5. What do we learn about Boomer Petway in the first few sections of the novel?

6. Do you see any irony in Salome's determination only to do the Dance of the Seven Veils if she can have John the Baptist's head on a platter? Why or why not?

7. What do we learn about Buddy and Verlin when they forcefully remove Ellen Cherry from her art class?

8. What does Ellen Cherry mean when she says that "'political art' is a contradiction in terms"?

9. The Third Veil turns out to be the veil of political illusion. Robbins says that politics is "the compulsion to preside over property and make other people's decisions for them." He says that liberty can't be a result of political action. In what ways does this seem true and in what ways not true?

10. The first line in this section is "the pendulum swung yet again." It is referring to Can 'o Beans account of religious history. What does this suggest about religion?

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