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

2. What does Grunmann tell the President about the Soviets?
(a) That Gardiner could be one of their spies.
(b) That Skrapinov has been insulted by Gardiner.
(c) They are making progress on Gardiner's identity.
(d) That their curiosity about Gardiner has also turned up nothing.

3. Why is EE so upset with herself and Chance's reaction to her statements of love?
(a) She thinks Chance will not love her because she is married.
(b) She thinks he does not love her.
(c) She believes he finds her very ugly to look at.
(d) She believes she is too good for Chance.

4. 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 about Chauncy Gardiner as an enlightened statesman.
(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 of Chauncy Gardiner's love of Krylov's fables.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor does Mr. Rand ask of Chance when he sees him after the program?

2. What was Chance watching on TV when the inspectors arrived?

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

4. What does Grunmann first suspect about Chance?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the President beginning to become suspicious of Chauncy Gardiner in Chapter 5?

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

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

5. Sulkin submits a tape of Gardiner's appearance on THIS EVENING for psychiatric, neurological and linguistic analysis. What is discovered?

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

7. Why does Chance hesitate when the President asks him about The Street?

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

9. In what way does Chance inadvertently stun the journalists interviewing him after the U.N. gala?

10. Mr. Rand tells Chance that he admires his peacefulness. What is it about Chance that makes him appear so at ease?

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