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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grunmann first suspect about Chance?
(a) That he plans to assasinate the President.
(b) That he might be an agent of a foreign power.
(c) That he is preparing a coup d'etat.
(d) That he is insane.

2. What invitation does EE extend to Chance the morning after Chance's appearance on "This Evening"?
(a) To marry her after she divorces Benjamin.
(b) To go to her bedroom.
(c) To go to a play about the President.
(d) To go on living with them for a while longer.

3. During his speech to the Financial Institute, what does the President say about his meeting with Mr. Rand?
(a) He met with Mr. Rand and a friend of his who was ill.
(b) He spoke with Mr. Chauncy Gardiner on the benefits of inflation.
(c) Mr. Rand is ill and near death.
(d) He met Mr. Chauncy Gardiner and they spoke of how the dollar compares with the Euro.

4. Why does Chance stare directly into the President's eyes when he meets him?
(a) He sees that the President's eyes are bloodshot.
(b) He knows it is polite in society to look someone in the eye.
(c) He recalls that the President always looks straight into the eyes of the viewer on TV.
(d) He is nervous and does not know where else to look.

5. What does the President think of Chance after hearing him speak?
(a) He is quite intelligent and makes a lot of sense.
(b) Chance does not know what he is talking about.
(c) He never wants to meet with Chance again.
(d) Chance's metaphor is treason.

6. How does Chance feel about EE being in bed next to him once they get home?
(a) He wants to touch her one spot at a time.
(b) He is sexually excited by being with her.
(c) He is terrified to be alone with her.
(d) He prefers to just look at her and thereby memorize and possess her.

7. When the man asks Chance if he wants to go upstairs, what are Chance's thoughts?
(a) He wonders if the man wants to also talk about books.
(b) He thinks the man is quite attractive.
(c) He hopes the man wants to go upstairs to watch television.
(d) He is not sure if it is something he knows how to do.

8. When EE compares Chance to European men, what image does that evoke for him?
(a) A TV image of suave, Italian actors.
(b) A TV image of dirty, hairy people protesting the government.
(c) An image of men speaking in another language.
(d) He draws a blank, as he does not understand what European means.

9. What does EE discover about Chance after going through all of his belongings and asking him questions about his past?
(a) She discovers nothing about him.
(b) She finds out that he was really a gardener.
(c) She finds out how rich he really is.
(d) She discovers that his real name is Chance.

10. What is the result of Sulkin's analysis of Gardiner?
(a) He is merely a gardener having a joke on us all.
(b) He is a fraud impersonating an American political figure.
(c) He has no real politcal clout in America.
(d) He is a very emotionally well-adjusted American political figure.

11. Never having appeared on television before, what does Chance do?
(a) He makes a fool of himself by saying ridiculous things.
(b) He gets very nervous and stumbles over his words.
(c) He continues talking during commercials, not realizing there is a break in the show.
(d) He imitates what he has seen on TV many times before.

12. When Mrs. Aubrey tells Chance that the Wall Street Journal has predicted his appointment to a Financial Corporation Board and they would like a statement from him, what does Chance say?
(a) They will have to wait.
(b) That he cannot give them anything.
(c) He wants to speak with them now.
(d) He would rather be on television again.

13. After the U.N. reception, where does EE take Chance?
(a) To the offices of Women's Wear Daily.
(b) To a television station for another interview.
(c) To a dinner party at a friend's home.
(d) Back home to her bedroom.

14. What was Chance watching on TV when the inspectors arrived?
(a) The Governor's limousine driving out of Albany.
(b) A detective show.
(c) The landing of the President's helicopter.
(d) An old movie from the 1950s.

15. When EE tries to seduce Chance in his bedroom, what is his first reaction?
(a) He is repulsed.
(b) He is ecstatic.
(c) He is bewildered.
(d) He realizes he is in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grunmann find out about Chance's past at the President's request?

2. Who else is spying on Gardiner?

3. When Chance accepts an invitation to appear on a live TV show, what are his thoughts?

4. How much does Chance know about sex and childbirth?

5. What does Grunmann tell the President about the Soviets?

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