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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Eliot's psychiatrist tell Sylvia he is resigning from Eliot's case?
(a) Because Eliot has refused to pay for his treatment.
(b) Because Eliot refuses to attend therapy sessions.
(c) Because Eliot has a "most massively defended neurosis."
(d) Because Eliot has not spoken in a year.

2. What book does Eliot receive from a client of the Rosewater Foundation to whom he gave ten thousand dollars?
(a) Get With Child a Mandrake Root.
(b) A Thousand Clowns.
(c) The Cradle of Erotica.
(d) The Three Faces of Eve.

3. 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 saw mill.
(d) In the old carriage house of the mansion.

4. To whom does Eliot compare himself in the first letter he sends to Sylvia?
(a) His father.
(b) A volunteer fire fighter.
(c) Caesar Augustus.
(d) Hamlet.

5. How does Eliot answer the telephone, both day and night, in his office?
(a) "This is the Rosewater Foundation. My name is Eliot."
(b) "This is the Rosewater Foundation. Please leave a message."
(c) "This is the Rosewater Foundation. The office is now closed."
(d) "This is the Rosewater Foundation. How can we help you?"

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

7. Why does Eliot collect pictures from magazines for his clients?
(a) He finds his clients find pictures comforting.
(b) He gives them out as birthday gifts.
(c) He is a horder.
(d) He uses them for wallpaper.

8. During a thunderstorm, who calls and wakes Eliot from his sleep?
(a) Diana Moon Glampers.
(b) Diana Mars Johnson.
(c) Diana Star Wakefield.
(d) Diana Sun Farber.

9. When in New Egypt, New Jersey, with whom does Eliot trade his dress suit and for what?
(a) With a police officer for release from jail.
(b) With a homeless man for a bottle of whiskey.
(c) With a woman for her car.
(d) With a volunteer fireman for a 1939 double breasted suit.

10. What is Eliot's title with the fire department in Rosewater when he is a child?
(a) He is the spokesperson for the Volunteer Fire Department of Rosewater.
(b) He is the youngest member of the Volunteer Fire Department of Rosewater.
(c) He is the mascot of the Volunteer Fire Department of Rosewater.
(d) He is the honorary fire chief of the Volunteer Fire Department of Rosewater.

11. Where are the Rosewater Corporation main offices?
(a) Market Street in San Francisco.
(b) Carnaby Street in London.
(c) Wall Street in New York.
(d) Fifth Avenue in New York.

12. Who is Mushari's favorite law professor in school?
(a) Simon Smith.
(b) Leonard Cohen.
(c) Archibald Creech.
(d) Leonard Leech.

13. Why is Norman Mushari happy to hear Eliot is baptizing babies?
(a) It is evidence he believes he is the Messiah.
(b) It is evident he is falsely representing the Foundation.
(c) It is evident he is breaking the law.
(d) It is evident he is lying to Sylvia when he tells her this.

14. What stipulation of the charter of the Foundation does Mushari take interest in?
(a) Anyone caught stealing is immediately expelled.
(b) Anyone declared insane is immediately expelled.
(c) Anyone changing political parties is immediately expelled.
(d) Anyone divorcing is immediately expelled.

15. When Eliot leads his platoon into the smoke-filled building, what happens?
(a) He accidentally kills three children.
(b) He accidentally kills three men in his platoon.
(c) He accidentally kills three fire fighters.
(d) He accidentally kills three German officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the original plan for the canal?

2. Who is the author of Get With Child a Mandrake Root?

3. When Eliot receives a call from a man considering suicide, what question does he ask him?

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

5. How tall is Norman Musahri?

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