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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 Zooey do in Buddy's room?
(a) He reads his script.
(b) He makes a phone call.
(c) He writes a letter.
(d) He changes his shirt.

2. What is Zooey doing as he tells Bessie the tale of the pilgrim?
(a) He is bathing.
(b) He is filing his nails.
(c) He is shaving.
(d) He is brushing his teeth.

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

4. How did Franny get herself to stop complaining about the falseness of people?
(a) She began taking medication.
(b) She yelled at herself out loud with a threat.
(c) She spoke to Seymour.
(d) She kicked herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zooey treat Hess when Hess offers him a new script?

2. Who does Franny first believe is on the phone after her conversation with Zooey is over?

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

4. What did Seymour use as a motivation for both Buddy and Franny?

5. What role does Dick Hess want Zooey to play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zooey and Franny become freaks in Zooey's eyes?

2. Once Zooey arrives at Buddy's phone, he puts himself in "the ready position." What is he readying himself for?

3. Describe the Glass's living room.

4. Why does Salinger include Bloomberg in the scene between Franny and Zooey?

5. Zooey is conflicted over his brothers. When his mother continuously mentions Buddy and Seymour, Zooey finally loses his temper. How does Zooey show the darkest side of himself?

6. How does the phone call redeem Zooey?

7. How is it ironic that Franny tells Zooey that he is the most unsympathetic person that she has ever known?

8. What is Zooey's opinion of psychoanalysts and Franny?

9. What is Bessie saying about her relationship with her children when she states to Zooey that when they were little they were so happy and smart--"just lovely"?

10. Explain in detail the significance of the Fat Lady.

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