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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 hobby does Cristina enjoy?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Stamp collecting.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Painting.

2. What do the narrator's thoughts continue to revolve around in Chapter 10?
(a) Getting a job.
(b) Philip and Anne-Marie.
(c) Going back to college.
(d) Claude.

3. Which of the following do Philip and Anne-Marie NOT do the next day?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Have breakfast in bed.
(c) Go to a movie.
(d) Walk along the river.

4. According to Cristina, a photographer has as much artistic license as ________________.
(a) An author.
(b) A painter.
(c) A filmmaker.
(d) A sculptor.

5. What reason does Philip give his father for needing money?
(a) He needs a summer wardrobe.
(b) His rent is due.
(c) He does not give a reason.
(d) He wants a new car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator spend most of his time doing these days?

2. What do the narrator and the others see while strolling around town at three o'clock in the morning?

3. What is the phase in a person's life when he abandons the world when it becomes too much to bear?

4. How did Philip's mother die when he was a boy?

5. Where is the narrator in reality in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator leaving one city and what is his destination as the novel begins?

2. How has Philip's life changed from one of ease to one of extreme ambiguity and what could be considered a factor in his way of life now?

3. How does the narrator pass his winter days in public but not really engaging with anyone?

4. How does Anne-Marie intuitively feel about her relationship with Philip?

5. What is the outcome of Cristina and Billy's attempt to fix the narrator up with their friend, Alix?

6. What are Philip's feelings about Anne-Marie and any future they might have in Chapter 16?

7. How does the author foreshadow Philip's death as he and Anne-Marie drive to the countryside?

8. What are the circumstances in which the narrator meets Philip Dean?

9. What is the nature of the narrator's documentation project in Chapter 20?

10. Where does the narrator plan to stay while in Autun?

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