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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 one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?
(a) The apartment.
(b) Their child.
(c) Part of their law practice.
(d) Their dog.

2. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?
(a) Their questions about whether law is the right career.
(b) Being students.
(c) Their fathers' high expectations.
(d) A championship game.

3. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?
(a) Whether Frank is really his friend.
(b) Whether Frank knows how to make himself happy.
(c) Whether there is something missing inside Frank.
(d) Whether Frank is secretly insecure.

4. What kind of company is Hardmann Roe?
(a) A drug company.
(b) A large manufacturer.
(c) A law firm.
(d) A lobbying group.

5. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?
(a) It indicates Frank and Alan's low status.
(b) It allows Frank and Alan to hear all of the office gossip.
(c) The presence of secretaries making copies is distracting for Frank and Alan.
(d) The noise makes Frank and Alan less productive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nan bring as a gift to the man who invites her over for tea?

2. When Alan and Frank miss Brenda's party, what is Alan disappointed about?

3. What does the allusion to Frik and Frak imply about how the higher-ups at their firm see Alan and Frank?

4. On the summer night when Alan and Frank go to Brenda's apartment, why do they end up missing her party?

5. When Nan asks for Frank's help renegotiating her divorce settlement, what advice does he give her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Nan Christie, and what is her relationship to Frank?

3. What angers Frank so much at the bar and restaurant called "Jack's'?

4. How does Nan react when Frank tells her his theory about the difference between men and women?

5. On page 29, what does Brenda say about "thin-lipped women," and how does Frank respond?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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