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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. According to Megan, what was the only coherent thing Alex said when he was discovered?
(a) He was being attacked by pygmies.
(b) Facts wait for no man.
(c) One more martini, please.
(d) Bright lights, big city.

2. What are the bouncers dressed up as?
(a) Nubian slaves.
(b) Aladdin's genie.
(c) Native American medicine men.
(d) Roman soldiers.

3. Why does the narrator theorize he actually married Amanda?
(a) He wanted to make Michael jealous.
(b) He was entranced by her beauty.
(c) He was so eager to get married he did not care to whom.
(d) He wanted to please his mother on her deathbed.

4. Who does he call the minute he wakes up?
(a) Megan Avery.
(b) Clara Tillinghast.
(c) Vicky Hollins.
(d) Michael.

5. On the morning of his meeting with Clara, what time does the narrator wake up?
(a) Six-thirty AM.
(b) Nine o'clock AM.
(c) Ten o'clock AM.
(d) Noon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator encounter at the club?

2. What medicine does the narrator take from Megan's bathroom?

3. Where does the narrator sit in the audience?

4. Who does the narrator's mother see just before she dies?

5. Who offers the narrator a reference when he returns to the office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator go to the party with Tad?

2. Why does the narrator opt to take Megan's valium?

3. What is the significance of the rolls of bread?

4. Why does the narrator leap out of the limo to escape his conversation with Bernie, the drug lord?

5. What catalysts are responsible for the narrator rising early, reading the paper, and arriving on time to work?

6. What happens when the narrator and Amanda speak?

7. How does Michael's reappearance change the narrator's demeanor?

8. What exhibit in the museum is the narrator's favorite?

9. Why does Michael say he never liked Amanda?

10. Explain Vicky's concept of "ineffability."

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