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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. What does Buddy believe would be Zooey's downfall as an actor?
(a) He is no good at it.
(b) He can't memorize lines.
(c) He would be too demanding.
(d) Nothing, he believes Zooey will be great.

2. What feature of Bessie's is compared to a deposed Balkan queen's?
(a) Her feet.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her fingers.
(d) Her legs.

3. What was Lane's paper about?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Freud.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Flaubert.

4. When Bessie leaves the bathroom, what does she tell Zooey to do?
(a) Shave.
(b) Get out to the bathtub.
(c) Use the bathmat.
(d) Wash his hair.

5. Why does Franny go to the restroom?
(a) She needs a moment away from Lane.
(b) She is about to cry.
(c) Her food has made her ill.
(d) She drank too many martinis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Seymour react if he knew Buddy was lecturing Zooey about acting and his education?

2. As Franny tells Lane the story of the pilgrim, what does Lane do?

3. Where are the two meeting?

4. What part of Bessie's body was "comely"?

5. What does Lane want to mainly talk about during the lunch with Frannie?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Franny tells Lane that she believes she is going crazy, do you feel that she is serious?

2. Why does Franny hesitate to tell Lane anything about the book she is carrying?

3. What might the reason be for Franny breaking down in the bathroom instead of with the boy she claims to love.

4. Why does Zooey place the letter on the edge of the tub and play with it?

5. When the reader first meets Franny, she seems flighty. How so?

6. Why is the reader told that the restaurant is for intellectual types.

7. After Franny leaves for the restroom, Lane evaluates his situation. What does he discover, and what does it say about his relationship with Franny?

8. Why is Lane angry that he received an "A" on his paper?

9. How do Zooey and Buddy handle the suicide of Seymour?

10. Zooey lashes out at Bessie over Bessie's concern for Franny's lack of appetite. What is it that Zooey tells Bessie she is missing by worrying over food?

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