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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What club does Howard Ringbaum desperately want to join?
(a) The National Rifle Association.
(b) The Order of Elks.
(c) MENSA.
(d) The Mile High Club.

2. What is the title of Morris Zapp's new book?
(a) "Could Try Harder."
(b) "Metacriticism."
(c) "Beyond Criticism."
(d) "Lenin and Philosophy."

3. What technical difficulty occurs on Philip's flight home?
(a) An engine fire.
(b) Loss of communication with ground control.
(c) A drop in cabin pressure.
(d) Birds flying into the engine.

4. Who telephones Arthur Kingfisher from Berlin?
(a) Fulvia Morgana.
(b) Siegfried von Turpitz.
(c) Rodney Wainwright.
(d) Michel Tardieu.

5. In what country does Rodney Wainwright live?
(a) United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) Australia.
(d) Italy.

6. On the morning he leaves for Turkey, what does Philip Swallow discover they are out of?
(a) Soap.
(b) Tea.
(c) Toilet paper.
(d) Coffee.

7. In what city does Persse teach?
(a) Limerick.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Cork.
(d) Galway.

8. What does the chapel resemble physically?
(a) A cathedral.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A confessional.
(d) A movie theatre.

9. What is the theory that Persse asks Angelica to explain to him?
(a) Textualism.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Structuralism.
(d) Realism.

10. In what city does Akbil Borak teach?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Ankara.
(c) Queenstown.
(d) Padua.

11. What is the title of the magazine for which Morris serves on the editorial board?
(a) "Textual Striptease."
(b) "Structuralism."
(c) "Metacriticism."
(d) "Zeitgeist."

12. Which of these people does Persse not meet on the top floor of the residence hall?
(a) Rupert Sutcliffe.
(b) Philip Swallow.
(c) Angelica Pabst.
(d) Robin Dempsey.

13. What is the title of the poem that Angelica invites Persse to reenact with her?
(a) "Christabel."
(b) "The Rape of the Lock."
(c) "The Eve of St. Agnes."
(d) "Evangeline."

14. Why did Frobisher travel to Darlington?
(a) To visit family.
(b) To attend a conference.
(c) To teach a class.
(d) To accept an honorary degree.

15. What is the name of Morris Zapp's ex-wife?
(a) Hilary.
(b) Desiree.
(c) Joy.
(d) Angelica.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Angelica found as a baby?

2. What does Morris leave the room to get before Philip tells his story?

3. What is causing chaos in Italy when Morris and Fulvia arrive?

4. What does Felix Skinner find in the basement storeroom of his publishing house?

5. What name did Angelica use while stripping in Soho?

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