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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 recalls that the President always looks straight into the eyes of the viewer on TV.
(c) He is nervous and does not know where else to look.
(d) He knows it is polite in society to look someone in the eye.

2. 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) Mr. Rand is ill and near death.
(c) He spoke with Mr. Chauncy Gardiner on the benefits of inflation.
(d) He met Mr. Chauncy Gardiner and they spoke of how the dollar compares with the Euro.

3. When the President of the United States tries to get information on Chance from EE, what does his secretary report to him?
(a) Mr. Gardiner cherishes his privacy.
(b) Mrs. Rand says she knows nothing at all about Mr. Gardiner.
(c) Mr. Gardiner will give an in-depth interview the next day.
(d) Mrs. Rand tell the President's secretary to leave the family alone for now.

4. When the President of the United States requests a dossier on Chance, what is he given?
(a) Information about the car accident and a transcript of Chance's appearance on TV.
(b) A copy of Chance's birth certificate.
(c) Chance's social security number and his birth certificate.
(d) A history of Chance's years at the Old Man's house.

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

6. What does the Russian Ambassador take a chance on doing during his speech to the International Congress of the Mercantile Association in Philadelphia?
(a) He speaks of Chauncy Gardiner's love of Krylov's fables.
(b) He encourages Chauncy Gardiner to run for President of the United States.
(c) He makes a veiled threat to the United States President.
(d) He speaks about Chauncy Gardiner as an enlightened statesman.

7. Where does EE ask Chance to accompany her the day after the dinner party?
(a) The Soviet Union.
(b) Denver.
(c) The Capitol Hill Ball.
(d) The United Nations Dinner.

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

9. Who does Sulkin think Gardiner actually is?
(a) A German spy.
(b) A leading member of an American elitist faction planning a coup d'etat.
(c) A Republican masquerading as a Democrat to get inside information.
(d) A major leader of the American Communist Party preparing for a revolution.

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

11. What is the one thing Grunmann has found out about Chance by snooping on him in New York?
(a) He has no money to his name.
(b) He is in love with EE Rand.
(c) All he does in watch TV constantly.
(d) He is preparing to murder Mr. Rand.

12. Why does Chance believe that the sense of sight is better than the sense of touch?
(a) One can determine colors with sight but not with touch.
(b) The garden is for looking at, not for touching.
(c) Reading is done by sight, not touch.
(d) Sight takes in everything at once while touch is limited to one area.

13. Why does Chance tell Mrs. Aubrey that he does not need a doctor?
(a) His leg is all better.
(b) He is offered an honorary doctor of law degree.
(c) He feels he can take care of himself.
(d) He does not feel ill any longer.

14. EE gets Mrs. Aubrey to help Chance. What kind of service does Mrs. Aubrey provide?
(a) She gives diction lessons.
(b) She is a nurse.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a secretary.

15. When a man with long gray hair first sits down to speak with Chance, what does Chance understand about what he is saying?
(a) He does not understand what the man is talking about.
(b) He believes the man wants to have a laugh with him.
(c) He understands that the man is propositioning him.
(d) He knows the man is talking about politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chance tells the man that he just wants to watch, what is the man's reaction?

2. At the UN reception, Chance meets the Soviet Ambassador. How does Chance impress him?

3. What does EE make of Chance's reluctance to receive her advances?

4. What does Chance say to Mrs. Aubrey when she tells him about all of the people who want interviews with him?

5. Who else is spying on Gardiner?

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