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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. With whom does Benny attend a New Year's party on a boat?
(a) Joon.
(b) Pig.
(c) Paola.
(d) Rachel.

2. Who is Dr. Shale Schoenmaker?
(a) A cardiovascular surgeon.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A podiatrist.
(d) A plastic surgeon.

3. What does Gaucho offer the two men to help them succeed in their plan?
(a) A car.
(b) A bomb.
(c) Some money.
(d) A key.

4. What does Rachel do that Benny is afraid of?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Sing.
(c) Drive recklessly.
(d) Yell.

5. What is a strange habit of the seaman who Benny recognizes in the bar from the Navy?
(a) He chews his foot.
(b) He sleeps upside down.
(c) He likes to bite the buttocks of barmaids.
(d) He wears a toupe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Mantissa, Cesare, and the Gaucho about to do when Mantissa has a change of heart, forcing them all to flee?

2. What is Vheissu?

3. What does Paola offer that Fina does not for Profane?

4. How does Yusef the anarchist gain access at the consulate party in order to gain information about the British?

5. What collapses on Evan as he tries to leave the building?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Profane leave his friends?

2. Describe Victoria in Chapter 7.

3. Who is Morris Teflon and what is his role in Chapter 1?

4. How is the apathy of the Whole Sick Crew evident in Winsome's behavior?

5. What is Herbert Stencil's purpose?

6. Describe Rachel Owlglass.

7. What is the urban legend that Benny Profane actually does?

8. What is Vheissu?

9. Describe Lepsius.

10. What does the reader learn about V. in Chapter 3?

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