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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favor does Mr. Rand ask of Chance when he sees him after the program?
(a) He asks Chance to marry EE after he dies.
(b) He asks Chance to escort EE to a United Nations reception.
(c) He asks Chance how he'd never heard of him before.
(d) He asks Chance if he was nervous during the interview.

2. What does Sulkin think Gardiner's code name should be?
(a) "Comrade fable."
(b) "Blank page."
(c) "Garden."
(d) "Krylov."

3. What does EE tell Chance before she leaves his room?
(a) That she loves him.
(b) That she can't wait for him much longer.
(c) That he watches too much TV.
(d) That she is angry with him.

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

5. What does Chance admit to reporters waiting to interview him as he and EE leave?
(a) That he knows nothing of world news.
(b) That he reads every newspaper available.
(c) That he does not belong with this group of people.
(d) That he does not read newspapers but gets his news from TV.

6. What does Chance speak about when the President asks him a question about Wall Street?
(a) He talks about the Old Man's big house.
(b) He admits he knows nothing about it.
(c) He compares it to a television program.
(d) He compares it to a garden.

7. Where does Chance's secretary tell Chance she has seen his photographs the next morning?
(a) In all of the newspapers.
(b) In frames hung on the walls of the living room.
(c) On all of the TV news stations.
(d) On every street corner lamp post.

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

9. Where has Chance seen the President before?
(a) As he was walking down a street in New York.
(b) On TV during a military parade.
(c) During a visit to the White House.
(d) At news press conference.

10. What does Sulkin praise Skrapinov for having?
(a) Excellent conversational skills.
(b) Intelligence of the highest quality.
(c) Good taste in literature.
(d) A true Marxist instinct.

11. What does Chance's supposed code name remind Skrapinov of?
(a) The glory of Marxism.
(b) His ruined career in espionage.
(c) His many victories in World War II.
(d) Someone who has no intelligence.

12. How is Chance's TV appearance received by the audience?
(a) The TV station get many phone calls of complaint.
(b) Most of them are excited and become more optimisitc about the economy.
(c) He is asked by the audience to run for President.
(d) He receives a lot of booing from the audience.

13. When Chance tells Mr. Rand that he's looking better, what does Mr. Rand tell him?
(a) That he is not afraid of death.
(b) That he feels like a new man.
(c) That it's all make-up and he is a dying man.
(d) That he has made a miracle recovery.

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

15. When Chance tells the man that he wants to tell EE where they are going, what is the man's response?
(a) The man is confused at first and then says they will tell her later.
(b) The man tell Chance she is better off not knowing.
(c) The man tells Chance that is impossible.
(d) The man says he will run to go and get her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the President of the United States requests a dossier on Chance, what is he given?

2. EE gets Mrs. Aubrey to help Chance. What kind of service does Mrs. Aubrey provide?

3. A woman sitting next to Chance at dinner praises him for what reason?

4. What is Grunmann's first name?

5. Why does Chance tell Mrs. Aubrey that he does not need a doctor?

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