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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. At which of the following publishing houses had Fife thought to publish his first novel?
(a) Penguin.
(b) Random House.
(c) Knopf.
(d) Ballantine.

2. Which of the following does Fife note as an earlier name of Plymouth Bay?
(a) Champlain Bay.
(b) Whitson Bay.
(c) Boston Harbor.
(d) Pring Inlet.

3. Which of the following films does MacLeod make from his interview with Fife?
(a) Oh, No.
(b) Oh, Canada.
(c) Oh, Canada!
(d) Oy, Canada!

4. Which of the following fellowships does Fife receive?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) George Washington.

5. 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?
(a) Tautology.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does Malcom refer to the narrator?

2. On which of the following dates does Fife note his desire to leave the United States first emerge?

3. Which of the following does Malcolm note is Fife’s first film?

4. Which of the following does Fife eat for breakfast before heading to Vermont?

5. Which of the following medications does Fife note taking?

Short Essay Questions

1. After what does Fife pattern his appearance while living with the Chapmans?

2. What reasons does Fife give for wanting to escape life with Amy in Boston?

3. What reasons does Alicia give in favor of Fife refusing the Chapmans’ offer?

4. How is Vincent described as he is introduced?

5. What reasons does Fife give for appreciating the sounds of jet engines from inside the plane?

6. What technique does Fife use to overcome panic aboard the plane?

7. What reasons does Fife give for having married Amy?

8. Why does Fife tell Emma he has to confess to her in front of witnesses rather than in private?

9. What reason does Fife note Emma has for sleeping in a separate bedroom from him?

10. Who, per Fife, is Howard Levy, and why is he imprisoned?

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