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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. When Richard returns from doing an errand, he finds Dirk on the phone defending a trip to Bermuda, claiming that while he was there he successfully did what?
(a) Found nineteen missing cats.
(b) Solved the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.
(c) Traced the interconnectedness of all things.
(d) Reprogrammed thirteen Electronic Monks.

2. Urban Chronotis is Regius Professor of what?
(a) Neuritis.
(b) Chronology.
(c) Lymphadenitis.
(d) Chronicles.

3. How is Gordon Way related to Susan, the cellist?
(a) Brother.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Father.
(d) Son.

4. What does Richard do after taking the tape out of Susan Way's answering machine?
(a) Throws it out the window.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Puts it in his pocket.
(d) Puts it back in.

5. Richard writes Anthem, a financial spreadsheet that translates business financial numbers, into what?
(a) Colors.
(b) Music.
(c) Plain English.
(d) Health predictions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the alien ghost that roams Earth filled with guilt and loneliness?

2. Who founded WayForward Technologies?

3. When Richard first arrives at Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, he overhears Dirk explain to someone at the other end of the phone line that his job involves doing what?

4. What kind of car does Gordon Way drive?

5. As he searches for a door in the valley, the Electric Monk is temporarily distracted by a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gordon Way do on the last day of his life?

2. By the end of the first chapter, what appears to have happened to the tower?

3. When Richard leaves Reg's place after seeing a horse in the bathroom, what surprises him about the front door landing?

4. Why and how does Reg entertain Sarah, a bored little girl attending the Coleridge dinner?

5. Why can't Richard bring Susan to the French restaurant, L'Esprit d'Escalier?

6. As Chapter 4 opens, two men are walking towards a dinner on campus honoring Samuel T. Coleridge. Who are these two men?

7. In Chapter 2, why is the Electric Monk completely still as he sits atop his horse?

8. Describe the range of emotions Susan experiences in Chapter 3.

9. After forgetting to take Susan to the Coleridge dinner, how does Richard make things worse with her?

10. When Susan enters her apartment and finds Richard there, what does she do?

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