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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Gordon dies and steps out of his body, what does he find surprising?
(a) His car is intact.
(b) He's still conscious.
(c) People can see him.
(d) He can fly.

2. What does Richard do right after Reg explains there's a horse in the upstairs bathroom?
(a) Tackles him.
(b) Slaps him.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Calls his attorney.

3. When Richard leaves Reg's place after seeing a horse in the bathroom, he notices that:
(a) There is a pile of hay on the front porch.
(b) There are no scratch marks from the horse's hooves by the front door.
(c) There is a second identical horse standing by the front door.
(d) There are no cars parked in front of the house.

4. Why does Richard start to fall asleep at the dinner in Chapter 6?
(a) A reader is reciting a poem.
(b) He's eaten too much.
(c) Harp music is playing.
(d) The professor has hypnotized him.

5. What happens when Richard scans Susan Way's answering machine tape in search of his own message?
(a) The teapot whistles.
(b) The TV turns on.
(c) The doorbell rings.
(d) The phone rings.

6. Who had told Richard about L'Esprit d'Escalier?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Reg.
(c) Michael.
(d) Gordon.

7. In Chapter 12, after Richard goes home and pours himself a brandy, the author says there are three reasons he starts to shake, including what?
(a) The apparition of Gordon.
(b) The look in the monk's eyes.
(c) The appearance of the time machine.
(d) The UFO.

8. Thinking about the figure in his trunk, a ghostly Gordon wonders if it really was wearing what?
(a) A hood.
(b) Ninja clothes.
(c) A pink tie.
(d) Pirate clothes.

9. One of Dirk's roommates notices that he's reciting what while he sleeps?
(a) Ingredients of secret recipes.
(b) Songs written thousands of years ago.
(c) Phone numbers of everyone on campus.
(d) Questions on upcoming midterms.

10. In Chapter 3, Susan Way tells Michael to do what?
(a) Meet her at the Tangiers Club.
(b) Pick up an olive pizza.
(c) Never call again.
(d) Leave a package at the Brazil Club.

11. As the Electric Monk sits atop his horse in a valley on a foreign world, he incorrectly believes that the valley is what?
(a) A giant worm.
(b) Unnavigable.
(c) A deep river.
(d) Bottomless.

12. At the start of Chapter 13, someone scans the sky with his binoculars and spots something that appears to be what?
(a) Amateur burglar attempt.
(b) Shooting star.
(c) Alien spaceship.
(d) Secret parachute landing.

13. After Richard apologizes to Susan and she vents some of her anger, she tells him she has to work that weekend and:
(a) Tickles him.
(b) Forgives him.
(c) Tells him to bring a pizza.
(d) Kicks him out.

14. After Richard sees the horse in Reg's bathroom, he leaves and knocks on a neighbor's door. Who answers?
(a) His ex-boss.
(b) His ex-girlfriend.
(c) The little girl who kicked the table at the Coleridge dinner.
(d) The professor nobody has spoken to in years.

15. When Richard calls Susan to apologize for forgetting to bring her to the college dinner, he suggests they do what?
(a) Split up for a while and think things over.
(b) Get away to someplace sunny for a weekend or week.
(c) Forget the whole thing happened and start over.
(d) Get some fish and chips and watch a movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after the Electric Monk and his horse walk through a small wooden door in the valley?

2. Why does Richard MacDuff dislike Michael Wenton-Weakes?

3. Urban Chronotis is Regius Professor of what?

4. What happens to the glowing object that is stuck on primordial Earth?

5. What is the Electric Monk?

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