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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the upper-management community greet Eliot and Sylvia when they move in the old family mansion?
(a) They try to run them out of town.
(b) They shun them.
(c) They encourage them to move to Avondale.
(d) They visit, offer invitations, and call.

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

3. Where is Eliot Rosewater educated?
(a) On the East Coast and in Europe.
(b) On the West Coast and in Japan.
(c) In the South and in Europe.
(d) In Europe and Hawaii.

4. What is in the letter that is to be given to the next president of the Foundation from the current president?
(a) A history of the Foundation,
(b) A history of the family.
(c) A list of Foundation holdings.
(d) A description of the gifts given so far.

5. What position does Eliot hold with the Rosewater Fire Department?
(a) Fire Lieutenant.
(b) Fire Hoseman.
(c) Fire Chief.
(d) Fire Captain.

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

7. When Sylvia asks Eliot where he is calling from, how does he reply?
(a) "From a drab little American anywhere."
(b) "From a phonebooth in the midwest."
(c) "From a railroad station up east."
(d) "From nowhere you can understand."

8. What does Eliot do with the Foundation's money?
(a) Puts it into building the Golden Gate Bridge.
(b) Puts it into stocks and bonds.
(c) Puts it into medical research, art, and helping people.
(d) Puts it into buildings in New York City.

9. How does the late night caller praise Eliot?
(a) "Thank you for all of your help."
(b) "God bless you, Eliot."
(c) "Thank you for calling."
(d) "God bless you, Mr. Rosewater."

10. How does Eliot's father react when he hears of Eliot's drunken behavior?
(a) He goes on a tyrade and accuses Eliot of ruining his career.
(b) He refuses to worry, stating "Eliot's got fiber, he's got spine."
(c) He demands that Eliot check into a hospital.
(d) He tells Sylvia to take Eliot to Europe for six weeks.

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

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

13. What is the topic of the Senator's speech in the Senate Chamber before his election?
(a) The Parable of the Cave.
(b) The defeat of Eisenhower.
(c) The End of the Depression.
(d) The Golden Age of Rome.

14. 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 breaking the law.
(c) It is evident he is falsely representing the Foundation.
(d) It is evident he is lying to Sylvia when he tells her this.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eliot tell Sylvia he wants to do in Rosewater, Indiana?

2. How does Eliot answer the telephone, both day and night, in his office?

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

4. What meeting does Eliot attend in Milford, Pennsylvania?

5. What does Eliot talk about, to people idling in front of a fire station, that later gets him arrested?

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