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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of feelings does Chance evoke in EE?
(a) Feelings of sadness and aloneness.
(b) The feeling of freedom and self-revelation.
(c) Depression and hopelessness.
(d) The glories of love and selflessness.

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

4. How has Sulkin had Gardiner's appearance on "This Evening" analyzed?
(a) He took note of every five-syllable word Gardiner used.
(b) He had computers analyze his vocabulary and other characteristics.
(c) He had psychiatrists evaluate his conversation.
(d) He was in the audience that evening for the live broadcast.

5. Why does EE find herself falling in love with Chance?
(a) He is a wealthy man who can continue to support her.
(b) He is a pitiful character and she wants to take care of him.
(c) He speaks to her of love quite often.
(d) He is self-reliant, very confident and quite handsome.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were Chance's fingerprints checked out?

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

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

4. What does the President think of Chance after hearing him speak?

5. Where has Chance seen the President before?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assumption does the French depute, Gaufridi, make about Chance's future?

2. What does Chance find so amazing as he awaits his turn to join the TV show?

3. When the New York Times reporter, Tom Courtney, interviews Chance over the phone, what kind of answers does Chance give him?

4. EE expresses her love to Chance in Chapter 5. What are EE's reasons for being so attracted to Chance?

5. What does EE find herself thinking about more and more as she flies back to New York from Denver?

6. What does Chance say to both a man at the dinner party and to EE when they each make sexual advances towards him? Why?

7. At the United Nations gala in Chapter 5, who does Chance seem to impress the most and why?

8. What is the bad joke that Grunmann begins to make when speaking to the President in Chapter 6?

9. Why does EE try to protect Chauncey from the press?

10. Upon entering Chance's bedroom, EE gives him more clues that she is enamored with him. What hints does she drop to Chance and what is his reaction?

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