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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound does Lodge use to symbolize all of the traveling that occurs during "conference season"?
(a) "Beep-beep!"
(b) "Whee!"
(c) "Zzzzz."
(d) "Whoosh!"

2. Whom does Angelica love?
(a) Ernesto Morgana.
(b) Persse McGarrigle.
(c) Peter McGarrigle.
(d) Morris Zapp.

3. In which country is soup eaten at every meal?
(a) Japan.
(b) Korea.
(c) Israel.
(d) Mexico.

4. On the last night Phillip is in Ankara he attends a reception in whose honor?
(a) A musical quartet.
(b) A Nobel prizewinner.
(c) Philip himself.
(d) A Hollywood actress.

5. What does "halcyon" mean in Greek?
(a) "Content."
(b) "Warm."
(c) "Wind."
(d) "Kingfisher."

6. Who is sitting next to Persse in the boat?
(a) Professor McCreedy.
(b) Mrs. Finklepearl.
(c) Mr. Maxwell.
(d) Ben Bulben.

7. Where does Persse discover that Angelica studied for a year?
(a) Harvard.
(b) University College, Dublin.
(c) Oxford.
(d) The Sorbonne.

8. What is the average attendance at the annual MLA conference?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 25,000.

9. What is Joy's job?
(a) A musician.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A librarian.
(d) A schoolteacher.

10. Which of these is not mentioned as a hazard of modern travel?
(a) Air controller strikes.
(b) Hijackings.
(c) Weather delays.
(d) The grounding of a type of plane.

11. What is Blue Heaven?
(a) A bar.
(b) A live sex show.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A dance review.

12. How many boats do the students in Persse's class get into?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

13. Who originally found Angelica and Lily Pabst in the airplane?
(a) Arthur Kingfisher.
(b) Hermann Pabst.
(c) Sybil Maiden.
(d) Philip Swallow.

14. What is Miranda doing when Joy tells Philip he is her father?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Skipping rope.
(c) Playing with her dolls.
(d) Dancing.

15. Where does Persse McGarrigle run into Miss Sybil Maiden in Hawaii?
(a) In the lobby of his hotel.
(b) On the beach in Waikiki.
(c) In the airport.
(d) At a luau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the "Observer" and "Sunday Times" asked Hilary for?

2. What travel arrangements does Morris hint at for his rather last-minute invitee?

3. Who does Philip Swallow meet at Masada?

4. What poet does Philip correctly identify when quoted to him?

5. Who does ELIZA tell Robin Dempsey will get the UNESCO chair?

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