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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. Who is Camille?
(a) Alan's mother.
(b) Alan's child.
(c) Alan's wife.
(d) Alan's sister.

2. What does Nan bring as a gift to the man who invites her over for tea?
(a) Books.
(b) Fruit.
(c) A painting.
(d) Wine.

3. On the summer night when Alan and Frank go to Brenda's apartment, why do they end up missing her party?
(a) They misunderstood when it was supposed to start.
(b) They have been working late.
(c) They have been out drinking.
(d) They were not actually invited.

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

5. What does the allusion to Frik and Frak imply about how the higher-ups at their firm see Alan and Frank?
(a) They are seen as determined.
(b) They are considered inept.
(c) They are almost invisible.
(d) They are seen as one entity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alan's page 33 assessment of Cummings, their classmate who now serves in Congress?

2. What does Frank say New York is divided into?

3. From context, what can be inferred about the neighborhood of Bryant Park?

4. Which character is identified as being in an "intermediate state though looking assured" (31)?

5. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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