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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Albert do in Stofsky's apartment during the hours when he is awake?
(a) Watches TV.
(b) Plays guitar.
(c) Tidies the apartment.
(d) Cooks.

2. Paul tells Gene that he _______________________ about Gene's affair with Kathryn.
(a) is furious.
(b) has no feelings.
(c) is not bothered.
(d) is happy.

3. Where does Gene decide to store his writing for safekeeping?
(a) His aunt's house.
(b) A bank.
(c) A wall safe.
(d) Paul's apartment.

4. What does the hip crowd consider to be its style of music?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Folk.
(c) Classical.
(d) Rock.

5. How does Paul feel when his friends drive away in the car headed to California?
(a) envious.
(b) glad.
(c) afraid.
(d) relieved.

6. Where does Dinah go the day after her fight with Hart?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Vermont.

7. How long had Jack Waters been in the insane asylum?
(a) Two months.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

8. How does Kathryn react to the rejection of Paul's manuscript?
(a) She is encouraging.
(b) She has no reaction.
(c) She is thoughtful.
(d) She is enraged.

9. How does Hart make Dinah bleed?
(a) He punches her in the forehead.
(b) He pinches her with pliers.
(c) He cuts her hand.
(d) He throws a glass at her.

10. What else does Paul try to explain to the woman in #136?
(a) The beat generation.
(b) The search for love.
(c) Fear of failure.
(d) Ennui.

11. What term does Paul explain to the woman in #136?
(a) Cool.
(b) Fierce.
(c) Bad.
(d) Hip.

12. Why is Hart is such a depressed mood?
(a) He lost his wallet.
(b) Dinah is gone.
(c) His brother died.
(d) He missed his plane.

13. What has Kathryn found in the apartment?
(a) Paul's letters to Liza.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Some stashed money.
(d) A mouse.

14. Stofsky says that Paul is ____________________.
(a) a has-been.
(b) a man among men.
(c) a real hero.
(d) the silent type.

15. Who is Hart Kennedy's former wife?
(a) Dinah.
(b) Joanne.
(c) Mariah.
(d) Kaylyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Verger in love?

2. How much money does Hart ask to borrow from Paul?

3. People at Verger's party refer to marijuana as ______________.

4. What had a friend recently sent to Stofsky's post office box?

5. Who bails Stofsky out of jail?

(see the answer keys)

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