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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the butler do at the sound of the chime?
(a) He answers the door.
(b) He moves to escort Julian to see Miss Alice.
(c) He leaves the room.
(d) He tells Julian it is time to leave.

2. Julian says "It is God the mover, not God ______________."
(a) The shaker.
(b) The maker.
(c) The frozen.
(d) The puppet.

3. What kind of conversation does the trio enter?
(a) Of mixed messages and misunderstandings.
(b) Banter and jabs at each other's looks and interests.
(c) A serious one.
(d) A light-hearted one.

4. To what are the second man's words compared?
(a) The exaggerated sneer of the animal in question.
(b) Brown, sticky, smelly mud.
(c) Nails down a chalkboard.
(d) A growl.

5. Who delights in the lawyer's discomfort?
(a) Miss Alice.
(b) The Cardinal.
(c) The birds.
(d) Julian.

6. What is said about the appropriateness of the two cardinals?
(a) They are the same color as the Cardinal.
(b) They are best friends, just like the lawyer and Cardinal.
(c) There should be two in such close quarters in that particular location.
(d) They are as dull as the Cardinal.

7. Over what do the two original characters banter a while longer?
(a) Their careers.
(b) Miss Alice's purpose for her donation.
(c) The vice that money can be.
(d) Each other's childhood nicknames.

8. Who does Julian say he found crying, "Help me, help me... help me, oh God, God, help me... oh help, help?"
(a) The woman who thinks she is the Virgin Mary.
(b) His wife.
(c) The guard.
(d) Jesus Christ.

9. Why is it appropriate?
(a) Because the birds understand each other so much better than would birds of any other kind.
(b) The Cardinal is no more intelligent than a bird.
(c) They are cardinals, just like the Cardinal.
(d) The lawyer and the Cardinal are friends that have grown up in the same household.

10. What do the two discuss?
(a) The detail of the crucifix.
(b) The colors of the birds.
(c) The beauty of the flowers.
(d) The merits of the model, as well as the intention and purpose of having such a work created.

11. What does the first man do in an attempt to fend off his feelings about being caught?
(a) He overcompensates with his behavior toward the Cardinal, kneeling to kiss his ring and addressing him in the third person to keep the situation and conversation impersonal.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He argues with the Cardinal.
(d) He begs the Cardinal to leave him alone.

12. How does the man react at having been discovered cooing to the caged birds?
(a) Not surprised.
(b) Flustered and a bit embarrassed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

13. Why would Julian ask a nurse or one of the attendants, "Could you tell me, did I preach last night?"
(a) To see what they thought about it.
(b) He wanted to know what he had preached.
(c) To make sure he had arrived to preach.
(d) To sort out his imaginings from what was real.

14. To what building's architecture is this building compared?
(a) A estuary.
(b) A castle.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) A monastery.

15. What do the two discuss about the details of this creation?
(a) Whether or not there is a more beautiful garden in the country.
(b) How many birds are in the estuary.
(c) When the church was built.
(d) Whether or not there might be another model of the room inside the model's library, and so on and so on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alice want to do this for the church?

2. Why is Julian confused about Miss Alice's deafness, withered face, and gray and white matted hair?

3. How does Julian describe his loss of faith?

4. What does Julian find ironic about staying in the section of the asylum that is for people who are only mildly troubled?

5. How does Julian respond to Miss Alice's game?

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