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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reg explains to Richard that his position was created by King George the Third to answer what?

2. After Gordon's ghost arrives at his seven-bedroom cottage, he faints upon discovering what in the kitchen?

3. When Reg prepares tea for Richard, he ends up spilling it all over the floor. What causes him to do this?

4. After Dirk Gently calls Richard and scolds him for going to the window and allowing himself to be photographed, he tells Richard to meet him where?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain what happens after Gordon's ghost arrives at his cottage.

3. When Richard asks one of Reg's neighbors about the horse, what response does he get?

4. What is an Electric Monk?

5. Explain why Gordon is upset after he dies.

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

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

8. How does Richard explain to himself the vision he gets of Gordon Way standing in the middle of the road?

9. What belief system does the Electric Monk subscribe to after he starts doubting that the valley before him is pink?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Irony is a tool the author uses extensively in this book. List three instances where irony is used in situations involving one of the following characters:

Gordon, Richard, and Reg.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the following characters provide welcome comic relief at various points in the story:

1. The Electric Monk.

2. Richard the successful programmer.

3. Professor Urban Chronotis.

Essay Topic 3

Is Professor Urban Chronotis, commonly known as Reg, an absent-minded professor, a genius, or a little of both? Support your answer with passages from the book.

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