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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Franny first believe is on the phone after her conversation with Zooey is over?
(a) Zooey.
(b) Seymour.
(c) Waker.
(d) Buddy.

2. What does Franny believe is the worst culprit in this game of hypocrisy?
(a) Knowledge for knowledge's sake.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Intelligent people.
(d) Treasure.

3. When Zooey mentions that Franny should talk to someone, who is it that she wants to speak with?
(a) Her dead brother.
(b) Her brother the priest.
(c) Her father.
(d) Professor Tupper.

4. What does Zooey believe Franny is using the prayer for?
(a) To make the mean, bad people in her world go away.
(b) To cleanse her of her sins.
(c) To get better grades in school.
(d) To become a better actress.

5. What did Zooey say that made Franny realize she wasn't talking to Buddy?
(a) He said that Zooey was destructive.
(b) He said that Zooey was a lunatic.
(c) He explained why Zooey smokes cigars.
(d) He said that Zooey did not know what he was talking about.

6. What does Franny fill the entire blackboard with?
(a) Mathematical equations.
(b) Information about Epictetus.
(c) Song lyrics.
(d) Love poems.

7. What is Zooey's attitude about his acting career as he expresses it to Franny?
(a) He believes going to Europe will make him a better actor.
(b) He feels all that he does is undermine others' work.
(c) He thinks he is a wonderful actor.
(d) He feels everyone in the business is crap.

8. Over the phone, Zooey suggests to Franny that she find her help where?
(a) With Lane.
(b) In her own home.
(c) In the Bible.
(d) By going to see Buddy.

9. Why does Zooey believe that the prayer will never work for Franny?
(a) She believes that even Jesus should be perfect.
(b) She is too shallow.
(c) She doesn't follow through with things she chooses to do.
(d) She doesn't believe in Jesus.

10. What do Lane and Bessie believe is the reason for Franny's troubles?
(a) Her crazy family.
(b) A liitle book about a pilgrim.
(c) The play that she quit.
(d) Her relationship with Lane.

11. What has Zooey been saying at every meal for years?
(a) Amen.
(b) The Lord's Prayer.
(c) The Four Great Vows.
(d) A Buddist prayer.

12. What problem do the Glasses have with conversation?
(a) They don't talk, they expound.
(b) They don't like to talk.
(c) They are too smart for others.
(d) They rarely have conversations.

13. What role does Dick Hess want Zooey to play?
(a) A sensitive young subway guard.
(b) A city slicker.
(c) A cowboy.
(d) A romantic young man.

14. In Zooey's words, what is the one aim of the Jesus Prayer?
(a) To be a better person.
(b) Christ Consciousness.
(c) Biblical understanding.
(d) To spread the word of God.

15. What religious action does Zooey say Franny is missing in her own home?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Sharing the Bible.
(c) Drinking chicken soup.
(d) Praying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zooey says that people who use their egos to get ahead cannot possibly have what?

2. What word does Franny say is missing from the vocabulary of the people at college?

3. What was the film about that Zooey made with Dick Hess?

4. What does Franny say that she and Zooey have in common?

5. What comment does Zooey make about his fish in the tank?

(see the answer keys)

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