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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 type of alcohol do Lonoff and Nathan drink after dinner?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rum.

2. What do Lonoff's friends call him?
(a) Izzy.
(b) Manny.
(c) Dory.
(d) Lonny.

3. Where does the narrator live?
(a) Lower Broadway.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Long Island.

4. How long was Lonoff in New York?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 3 days.

5. What is playing in Hope's kitchen?
(a) A CD player.
(b) A phonograph.
(c) A tape player.
(d) A Mixmaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Amy work?

2. What is pinned to Lonoff's study wall?

3. Where do some people think Lonoff was writing from?

4. What publication writes a blurb about Nathan?

5. What book contains the only photograph of Lonoff?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zuckerman describe a typical Lonoff hero?

2. Describe Lonoff's living room as Zuckerman sees it in Chapter 1.

3. Why does Zuckerman begin writing down the names of everything on Lonoff's bookshelves in his study?

4. What is pinned to the bulletin board in Lonoff's office?

5. Describe the Zuckerman family's typical Sunday brunch.

6. Why does Zuckerman's father go to Judge Leopold Wapter with the "Higher Education" story?

7. Why does Zuckerman's father say everyone stopped by on the Sunday Zuckerman was home before leaving for Quahsay?

8. What is surprising to Zuckerman about the typewriter in Lonoff's study?

9. What is Zuckerman carrying in his briefcase that he takes to Lonoff's house?

10. Why is Zuckerman skeptical of the party-goers' analysis of Lonoff?

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