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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A woman at dinner sitting on Chance's left at dinner asks him about the war. What is his reply?
(a) He has served in war.
(b) The war is practically over.
(c) War must lead to peace.
(d) He has seen many wars on TV.

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

3. Where has EE gone the morning after Chance has slept at her home?
(a) To Cleveland.
(b) To Texas.
(c) To Washington, D.C.
(d) To Denver.

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

5. 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.

6. 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 he is not afraid of death.
(c) That he feels like a new man.
(d) That it's all make-up and he is a dying man.

7. 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 speaks about Chauncy Gardiner as an enlightened statesman.
(d) He makes a veiled threat to the United States President.

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 how rich he really is.
(b) She discovers nothing about him.
(c) She finds out that he was really a gardener.
(d) She discovers that his real name is Chance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. When were Chance's fingerprints checked out?
(a) During the President's meeting with him.
(b) Before the President's visit to the Rand's home.
(c) After his appearance on TV.
(d) After the dinner at the U.N.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chance meets both a French and a West German diplomat. What does Chance say to them?

3. What kind of feelings does Chance evoke in EE?

4. Where does Chance's secretary tell Chance she has seen his photographs the next morning?

5. What does Ronald Stiegler of Eidolon Books offer to Chance?

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