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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eliot use as a kitchen in his office in Rosewater?
(a) His bathroom.
(b) His bedroom.
(c) His back porch.
(d) His closet.

2. What happens when the Rosewater Inter-State Ship Canal fails?
(a) The townspeople rioted and burned down the Rosewater mansion.
(b) Investors lost their farms and Noah Rosewater bought them.
(c) People tried to sue the Rosewater Foundation.
(d) The Rosewater family pulled out of town.

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

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

5. How does Eliot meet Sylvia?
(a) Her father introduces them.
(b) She works for the Rosewater Foundation.
(c) She works for the Rosewater Corporation.
(d) They meet in a bar in Paris.

6. Where does Eliiot Rosewater meet his wife?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In London.
(c) In New York.
(d) In Rome.

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

8. What happens to Sylvia after five years of living with Eliot in Rosewater?
(a) She travels to New York to shop and does not return.
(b) She holds parties for the society set in Avondale.
(c) She becomes pregnant.
(d) She has a nervous breakdown and burns down the firehouse.

9. In the first sixteen years of the Foundation, how much money is spent?
(a) Fifty million dollars.
(b) Fourteen million dollars.
(c) Twenty million dollars.
(d) Eighteen million dollars.

10. What does Eliot tell Sylvia about the fire department he has found in Iowa?
(a) They put soap in their hoses to get the water through wallboard faster.
(b) They have a dalmation as a mascot.
(c) They have asked Eliot to become their mascot.
(d) They put soap in their hoses to help wash their trucks.

11. What does Eliot tell Sylvia will be his "work of art?"
(a) He is going to build an ast museum for the town.
(b) He is going to paint a mural on the bank wall.
(c) He is going to open a food kitchen.
(d) He is going to love the discarded Americans in the town.

12. Who is Norman Mushari?
(a) A lawyer who is also a distant cousin of the Rosewaters.
(b) A patent lawyer for a firm in New York.
(c) A shyster lawyer.
(d) A lawyer who is Sylvia's brother.

13. Who is the creator of the Foundation?
(a) Sen. Lister Ames Rosewater.
(b) Sen. Joseph A. Rosewater.
(c) Sen. Robert M. Rosewater.
(d) Sen. Samuel P. Rosewater.

14. According to the Senator, what is the difference between pornography and art?
(a) Color photography.
(b) Personal interpretation.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Bodily hair.

15. What does Senator Rosewater lament when Sylvia arrives in America for the divorce?
(a) The lack of psychiatric care available to his son.
(b) The lack of an heir for the family fortune.
(c) The lack of courage Sylvia displays by divorcing his son.
(d) The lack of support for his senatorial campaign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is referred to as "The Nut," "The Saint," and "The Holy Roller?"

2. For what law firm does Norman Mushari work?

3. During a thunderstorm, who calls and wakes Eliot from his sleep?

4. Who rented the office space in Rosewater before Eliot did?

5. What does Eliot do with the Foundation's money?

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