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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Calvin, Alice believes which one of the following statements to be true?
(a) People who lack optimism cannot be taught.
(b) People with remedial skills cannot be taught.
(c) People with certain backgrounds, such as those in drug treatment programs, are unable to be taught.
(d) People who want to learn can be taught, no matter what their background.

2. What is the name of the City College program in which Alice teaches under-prepared students?
(a) CUNY.
(b) STAT.
(c) SEEK.
(d) CITY.

3. Of the following, which one is an accurate statement of Calvin's views?
(a) Alice is better at reading than writing.
(b) Alice is better educated than her husband.
(c) Alice is unable to provide constructive criticism.
(d) Alice is not as educated as her husband.

4. Where does Calvin and Alice have a summer home?
(a) California.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Nova Scotia.

5. In chapter six, Trillin states that studies show most marital disagreements are about:
(a) Children.
(b) Money.
(c) Extramarital affairs.
(d) Food.

6. What is Alice's professional background?
(a) Alice is a politician.
(b) Alice is a model and actress.
(c) Alice is an English professor.
(d) Alice is a film editor.

7. According to Calvin, when is Alice at her "bossiest"?
(a) When she renovates her house.
(b) When she tells her daughters that smoking is not an option for them to consider.
(c) When she is at work.
(d) When she tells Calvin that his work on a book is not acceptable.

8. What is the SEEK program acronym stand for?
(a) Strides for Education, Equality, and Knowledge.
(b) Simplify Education, Equality and Knowledge.
(c) Save Each and Every Kid.
(d) Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge.

9. What is one of Alice's pet peeves?
(a) Cigarette companies that give young people the impression that smoking is cool.
(b) Traveling to foreign countries.
(c) Spending money on clothes.
(d) Getting speeding tickets.

10. In chapter five, which movie is referenced?
(a) Guys and Dolls.
(b) My Best Friend's Wedding.
(c) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) Pretty Woman.

11. According to Trillin, what does Alice want him to do with the money he saves during college?
(a) Buy her a fur coat.
(b) Use it for their wedding.
(c) Put it in their children's college fund.
(d) Use it as a down payment for their first house.

12. What is Alice's Law of Compensatory Cash Flow?
(a) Any money not spent on a luxury you can't afford is the equivalent of windfall income.
(b) After a certain level of income, the government should take everything.
(c) Things like perfume, clothing, and jewelry should be purchased with money from her own paychecks.
(d) A tax theory.

13. Which woman serve as a personal and professional mentor to Alice?
(a) Maggie Smith.
(b) Annie Navasky.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy.
(d) Jane Maher.

14. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) Mina Shaughnessy is a dietitian.
(b) Mina Shaughnessy is fourteen years older than Alice.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy is a medical technician.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy is surgeon.

15. What is the Alice Tax?
(a) An idea to place a limit on how much money people keep for themselves.
(b) A fee that Alice charges her husband for reading his rough drafts.
(c) An idea for raising funds through college alumni associations.
(d) A fine assessed to her children when they behave badly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Calvin not want to pay the contractor more money than he originally quotes for their home project?

2. According to Calvin, his wife enjoys spending money on which one of the following?

3. According to Calvin, which one of the following qualities does NOT characterize his wife Alice?

4. What does Mina do to cheer herself up, and to lift the spirits of those around her?

5. Select the city in which Calvin and Alice have a disagreement about money.

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