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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The First Week," what class are Svetlana and Selin taking that counts as two classes?
(a) Ancient Greek.
(b) German.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Russian.

2. In The Seducer's Diary, by what date does the seducer still not know the name of the girl he is stalking?
(a) April 27.
(b) May 9.
(c) April 30.
(d) May 5.

3. In "The First Week," what do Selin and Svetlana read in her room?
(a) Novels.
(b) Course catalog.
(c) Prospectus.
(d) Newspaper.

4. Where did Svetlana spend the summer at her grandmother's house?
(a) Zagreb.
(b) Brasov.
(c) Belgrade.
(d) Belfast.

5. How old was Selin when her parents filed a custody suit for her?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

6. In "The Second Week," how old is Priya compared to Selin and the others?
(a) A year younger.
(b) A couple years older.
(c) A year older.
(d) The same age.

7. In "The Fourth Week," what does Selin decide to read instead of going to the film archive?
(a) Nadja.
(b) Eugene Onegin.
(c) Either/Or.
(d) Against Nature.

8. What does Selin have for breakfast the morning after she watches The Usual Suspects in "The Second Week"?
(a) Cheerios.
(b) Life.
(c) Cracklin' Oat Bran.
(d) Shredded wheat.

9. Who is assigned as Selin's tutor when she applies to join the literary magazine?
(a) Morris.
(b) Lucas.
(c) Lakshmi.
(d) Ezra.

10. Where is the professor from who teaches an ethics seminar Selin audits in "The Third Week"?
(a) Yale.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Oxford.

11. Where does Selin remember that she and Ivan said goodbye?
(a) Restaurant in Salsburg.
(b) Library in Budapest.
(c) Parking lot on the Danube.
(d) Street corner in Venice.

12. In "The Fourth Week," how much does the Garment District sell clothes for by the pound?
(a) 25 cents.
(b) $1.25.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) 50 cents.

13. What does Priya serve to eat when Riley, Selin, Priya, Lewis, and two other premed people get together in the common room of their living quarters in "The Fourth Week"?
(a) Potato chips and dip.
(b) Toll House cookie dough.
(c) Chips and salsa.
(d) Brownies.

14. When did Selin learn that she was not good at creative writing?
(a) 8th grade.
(b) 11th grade.
(c) Middle school.
(d) High school.

15. What exploded in Selin's backpack that caused her to buy a canvas army surplus bag?
(a) Mountain Dew.
(b) Pepsi.
(c) Diet Coke.
(d) Dr. Pepper.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Selin's mother say that her father referred to Anna Karenina as a bourgeois novel about a fallen woman?

2. What does Selin listen to when she goes to use the Mather house library in "The Fourth Week"?

3. At the beginning of "The First Week," how long has it been since Selin has checked her email?

4. How long has Juho lived at Harvard and belonged to a society of fellows who were paid to do whatever they wanted in"The Third Week"?

5. Who is the heroine of the book Selin is reading for Russian class in "The Third Week"?

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