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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which of the following schools is Fife reported to have taught?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) Concordia.
(c) University of California--Los Angeles.
(d) University of Toronto.

2. Which of the following schools is Alicia reported to have attended?
(a) Simmons College.
(b) Boston College.
(c) Harvard College.
(d) Goddard College.

3. Which of the following is Alicia’s middle name?
(a) Violet.
(b) Rose.
(c) Lily.
(d) Daisy.

4. In which of the following brands do the Chapmans prefer to dress?
(a) Hugo Boss.
(b) Calvin Klein.
(c) Brooks Brothers.
(d) Joseph Abboud.

5. Which of the following accents are the Chapmans described as having?
(a) Yat.
(b) Appalachian.
(c) Valley.
(d) Tidewater.

6. Which of the following does Fife purchase while at Washington National Airport?
(a) New York Post.
(b) Washington Post.
(c) Wall Street Journal.
(d) New York Times.

7. How old does Sloan note being?
(a) 22.
(b) 20.
(c) 23.
(d) 21.

8. Which of the following films is Fife reputed to have inspired?
(a) Apocalypse Then.
(b) Apocalypse Now.
(c) Watchmen.
(d) Creation Now.

9. What is Fife’s son’s middle name?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Timothy.
(d) Leonard.

10. At which of the following times is Fife scheduled to leave for Washington?
(a) 11:30 a.m.
(b) 1:20 p.m.
(c) 9:15 a.m.
(d) 10:03 a.m.

11. The comment that “No matter what she says, it’s the shriek of an irritated blue jay” (37) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

12. As which of the following does Renée refer to Emma?
(a) Madame Fife.
(b) Miss Emma.
(c) Madame Flynn.
(d) Mrs. Fife.

13. Which of the following accents does Fife note his father has?
(a) Quebecois.
(b) Tidewater.
(c) Mid-Atlantic.
(d) Nova Scotia.

14. Which of the following agrees with Emma that Malcolm should stop pressing Fife to expand on his novel?
(a) Renée.
(b) Diana.
(c) Sloan.
(d) Vincent.

15. To which of the following does Fife attribute the idea that “there’s no there there” (72)?
(a) Stein.
(b) hooks.
(c) Butler.
(d) Friedan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms do Emma and others use to describe Fife’s mental and narrative meanderings?

2. Which of the following does Fife note as an earlier name of Plymouth Bay?

3. Fife’s comment that “he’s one of those exploratory robotic spacecraft that somehow slip past the gravitational fields of all nine planets in the solar system and never orbit or crash into anything, and eventually they sail out of the solar system, blown by the solar wind beyond the heliosphere into deep space” (71) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following flights does Fife take from Washington to Boston?

5. Which of the following does Fife note as being among his earlier airplane trips?

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