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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 is the name of the firm where Frank and Alan begin their legal careers?
(a) Denton, Meyer.
(b) Weyland, Braun.
(c) Cook, Hopewell.
(d) Abbott, Yeardley.

2. What is Alan's page 33 assessment of Cummings, their classmate who now serves in Congress?
(a) "A zero."
(b) "A lightweight."
(c) "A sneak."
(d) "A toady."

3. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?
(a) She does not think she would be able to do the job.
(b) She does not think much of the man she would be working for.
(c) She does not want to move to the Washington, D.C. office.
(d) She does not think it would be a good idea to be working so closely with Frank.

4. What is implied in the discussion of the case that Alan's father tries "in another part of the state" (25)?
(a) The judge is corrupt.
(b) Alan's father is unprepared for the trial.
(c) There are bigots on the jury.
(d) The defendant is guilty.

5. What is a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?
(a) Alan's child.
(b) Alan's wife.
(c) Brenda's mother.
(d) Brenda's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 35, when Alan tells Frank that the women he likes are all looking for someone like Frank, what does Frank reply?

2. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "hot" in Alan's comment about the new receptionist: "She's hot" (26)?

3. How long do Frank and Alan work on the Hardmann Roe case?

4. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?

5. What is Alan's family's religious background?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the meaning of this metaphor used on page 23: "They were in the last rank of the armies of law."

2. Who is Brenda, and what is Franks' relationship with her in the first section of the text?

3. What is similar and what is different about Frank's and Alan's fathers?

4. What does Frank tell Nan is the difference between men and women?

5. What is "Hardmann Roe," and what role does it play in shaping Frank's and Alan's careers?

6. What is the story that Nan Christie tells Frank about trying to find someone to date and marry?

7. In what way is Alan's reaction to Nan different from Frank's?

8. What is the outcome of Frank and Alan's big case, and how does it impact their careers?

9. What do Frank and Alan do two months before their big case is supposed to be tried, and why do people tell them it is a bad idea?

10. What is the difference in Frank's and Alan's attitudes toward marriage?

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