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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the local fire department located?
(a) In the back of the Rosewater Memorial Library.
(b) In the old Rosewater Opera House.
(c) In the old carriage house of the mansion.
(d) In the old saw mill.

2. During the meeting with Sylvia, how does Senator Rosewater react when McAllister reminds him about the other Rosewater?
(a) "There ARE no other Rosewaters."
(b) "I am talking about the real Rosewaters. To hell with Pisquontuit."
(c) "Eliot and I are the only true Rosewaters!"
(d) "I would rather Sylvia take over the business than the other Rosewaters!"

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

4. According to Mushari's favorite law professor, what should every good lawyer look for?
(a) Another lawyer on the same side.
(b) A client with an axe to grind.
(c) A woman with a rich dead husband.
(d) The moment when money trades hands.

5. Where do the upper-management employees of the corporation who run the automated saw mill live?
(a) In Avondale.
(b) In Rosewater.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) In New Ambrosia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the first sentence of the novel, what is identified as a leading character in the story?

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

4. What does Eliot tell Sylvia will be his "work of art?"

5. What is the name of the foundation formed in 1947?

(see the answer key)

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