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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of living up to their ideals of freedom, brotherhood, and equality, Tom says the French revolutionaries turned straight to what?
(a) The radical capitalism of Adam Smith.
(b) Destroying their own civilization.
(c) Mob rule and mass murder.
(d) Napoleon and his promises of glory and Empire.

2. On what days does Tom stay at home at night because Dick spends the evenings out with Mary?
(a) Monday and Thursday.
(b) Wednesday and Sunday.
(c) Tuesday and Friday.
(d) Wednesday and Saturday.

3. What does Price shout when Tom Crick stands up to give his farewell speech?
(a) Shut up! Get out!
(b) All teachers are fascists!
(c) History is dead!
(d) No cuts! Keep Crick!

4. What is NOT a function of phlegm that Tom mentions in chapter 51?
(a) Protecting.
(b) Lubricating.
(c) Cleansing.
(d) Insulating.

5. What do the student chant at the headmaster while he is giving his speech?
(a) Get lost, old man!
(b) Fear is here!
(c) History is dead!
(d) Give us Crick!

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom react to finding the child Mary has stolen?

2. What does Mary tell Tom that she does not tell the judge?

3. What is NOT a positive personality trait associated with phlegm, and one notably absent from most of the major characters of the novel?

4. What is the name of the supermarket that Mary stole the baby from?

5. What is the historical fact that Tom says "history scarcely finds time to mention"?

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