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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 Richard say was a mother's consolation prize?
(a) E's emigration to the U.S.
(b) C's birth.
(c) V's marriage.
(d) U's education.

2. About what does Diana chastise Richard?
(a) Not eating.
(b) Smoking too much.
(c) Not sleeping.
(d) Drinking too much.

3. How does Richard refer to Philip Lentz in their second meeting?
(a) Prince.
(b) Boss.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Manager.

4. What surprises Richard in his reaction to the time he spends with Diana?
(a) How lonely he has become.
(b) How easily he gets along with her children.
(c) How passionate he becomes.
(d) How passionate Diana is about her research.

5. Of what does Richard say he is afraid?
(a) Realizing his dreams.
(b) Wasting his opportunities.
(c) Losing his savings.
(d) Failing in his writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard think about after he gets the invitation from Diana Hartrick?

2. What was Richard admitted to after he parted with C.?

3. What does Philip Lentz lead Richard to believe?

4. To what does Diana Hartrick invite Richard?

5. What did Richard and C. have to furnish their apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work do Richard and Lentz begin together?

2. What is Richard's reaction as he starts to spend time on Lentz's project?

3. What does Richard say about writing students in general?

4. What does Richard notice during his first lunch with Lentz and the other researchers?

5. Who is A., and what is Richard's relationship with her?

6. Who is Philip Lentz and how does Richard meet him?

7. How does Richard think about the stories he wrote while he was with C.?

8. Describe C.'s experience in her certificate program and its effect on her relationship with Richard.

9. What were Richard's first few months in the Netherlands like with C.?

10. What are Richard's feelings about Diana Hartrick's children?

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