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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 understands that the man is propositioning him.
(b) He knows the man is talking about politics.
(c) He believes the man wants to have a laugh with him.
(d) He does not understand what the man is talking about.

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

3. Who is coming to visit Mr. Rand at his home in Chapter 4?
(a) The Head of the Financial Institute.
(b) The Chief of Surgery from the Cleveland Clinic.
(c) The Governor of New York.
(d) The President of the United States.

4. What dissuades Grunmann from this initial conclusion about Chance?
(a) Chance does not own any weapons.
(b) Chance does not appear to be capable of doing harm.
(c) Chance has no American documentation.
(d) Chance watches too much TV.

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

6. What does EE make of Chance's reluctance to receive her advances?
(a) She thinks he prefers men to women.
(b) She is angry that he doesn't find her attractive.
(c) She believes he is a man of restraint and is waiting for her husband's death.
(d) She cannot understand any of it and takes off in a huff.

7. When Chance tells the man that he just wants to watch, what is the man's reaction?
(a) He is horrified.
(b) He is giddy with delight.
(c) He is repulsed.
(d) He is amazed.

8. 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 makes a veiled threat to the United States President.
(c) He encourages Chauncy Gardiner to run for President of the United States.
(d) He speaks about Chauncy Gardiner as an enlightened statesman.

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

15. What reason does Mr. Rand give the President for not being able to address the Financial Institute?
(a) He tells him he does not have a speech prepared.
(b) He does not give him an answer.
(c) He says he has to fly to Denver for a meeting.
(d) He tells him it is the doctor's orders and he is in pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does EE find herself falling in love with Chance?

2. When Chance tells EE that he has been with a sick man upstairs during the dinner party, what does she think about Chance?

3. How has Sulkin had Gardiner's appearance on "This Evening" analyzed?

4. What does Chance admit to reporters waiting to interview him as he and EE leave?

5. When EE tries to seduce Chance in his bedroom, what is his first reaction?

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