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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many books has Kilgore Trout written and in what genre?
(a) Eighty seven science fiction paperbacks.
(b) Ninety nine dramatic fiction paperbacks.
(c) Fourteen non-fiction paperbacks.
(d) Twenty seven romance paperbacks.

2. What does Eliot seek out in every town he visits?
(a) The mayors.
(b) The public libraries.
(c) The railroad stations.
(d) The volunteer fire departments.

3. Eliot's late night caller complains of what problem?
(a) Aching feet.
(b) Aching stomach.
(c) Aching kidneys.
(d) Aching heart.

4. What is the name of the disease Dr. Brown attributes to Sylvia's nervous condition, and what does it mean?
(a) Xenophobia, due to living in Rosewater.
(b) Aniexty disorder, related to her marriage to Eliot.
(c) Samaritrophia, hysterical indifference to the less fortunate.
(d) Shopaholism, related to her need to shop in Paris.

5. What is the one rule Eliot knows to tell the newborn babies he is to baptize?
(a) "You've got to be careful."
(b) "You've got to be rich."
(c) "You've got to be crafty."
(d) "You've got to be kind."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poem did Eliot paint on the risers leading up to his office?

2. How does the upper-management community greet Eliot and Sylvia when they move in the old family mansion?

3. Who put in the canal bisecting the county of Rosewater?

4. Where is Eliot Rosewater born and when?

5. What runs through the Parthenon in the middle of the town of Rosewater?

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