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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Eliot Rosewater leave law school and why?
(a) In 1941, to join the Navy.
(b) In 1941, to avoid the draft.
(c) In 1941, to join the Army.
(d) In 1941, to join the Marines.

2. How much is Fred Rosewater worth dead?
(a) Forty-two thousand dollars.
(b) A million dollars.
(c) Fifty thousand dollars.
(d) Two hundred thousand dollars.

3. What is the name of Eliot's ledger?
(a) The Doomsday Book.
(b) The Days of My Life.
(c) The Book of Days.
(d) The Book of Hopes and Dreams.

4. What does Fred do with his father's written bequest?
(a) Without reading it, he puts it under his bed.
(b) WIthout reading it, he bruns it.
(c) Without reading it, he stores it atop a jelly cabinet.
(d) Without reading it, he mails it to Eliot.

5. How does Fred Rosewater's father die?
(a) He commits suicide by hanging himself in the basement.
(b) He commits suicide when he learns he has cancer.
(c) He commits suicide after the stock market crash of 1929.
(d) He commits suicide after his wife leaves him for a younger man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eliot use as a kitchen in his office in Rosewater?

2. What is Eliot's customary gift to newborn children?

3. What is the original plan for the canal?

4. How does Sylvia react to the proposal McAllister makes in the meeting between himself, Sylvia, Mushari, and the Senator?

5. When Sylvia and Eliot move to Rosewater, what is to the west of the Parthenon?

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