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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many books has Kilgore Trout written and in what genre?
(a) Eighty seven science fiction paperbacks.
(b) Twenty seven romance paperbacks.
(c) Fourteen non-fiction paperbacks.
(d) Ninety nine dramatic fiction paperbacks.

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

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

4. What happens at the opening of the opera Aida attended by Eliot and Sylvia?
(a) Eliot calls out to the singers in the middle of the opera.
(b) Eliot cries inconsolably at the end of the opera.
(c) Eliot leaps off the balcony into the crowd.
(d) Eliot goes to the restroom and does not return.

5. What is the original plan for the canal?
(a) To create bridge building job opportunities.
(b) To provide jobs along the Ohio River.
(c) To connect Chicago, Indianapolis, Rosewater and the Ohio River.
(d) To build large river boats for companies on the Ohio River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Rosewater Corporation main offices?

2. What is in the letter that is to be given to the next president of the Foundation from the current president?

3. In his first letter to Sylvia, what does Eliot say he has in common with the person he compares himself to ?

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

5. Where does Eliot Rosewater attend law school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Eliot Rosewater born and raised? Where does he attend school? What degree, and with what specialty, does Eliot obtain after WWII?

2. In Washington, D.C. the Senator, Sylvia, McAllister, and Mushari are meeting to discuss Eliot. What idea do they come up with while discussing the problem of Eliot's behavior and his current situation in Rosewater? How does Sylvia defend Eliot's behavior?

3. While they are talking, Sylvia reveals things about Eliot that the Senator has not known. What is one of the things Sylvia tells him?

4. What does the law firm McAllister, Robjent, Reed, and McGee do for the Rosewater Foundation? What does Mushari learn while rifling through confidential files? What plan does he hatch based on his findings?

5. Even though Eliot continues to exhibit signs of alcoholism, emotional distress, and mental illness neither his wife Sylvia nor his father the Senator do anything to help him. What reasons do each of them have for not acting to help Eliot?

6. Eliot had an experience in WWII that changed his life forever. What was that experience, and how does it affect his life after he leaves the service?

7. Who is Eliot Rosewater? What do we learn about him in the first chapter of the novel?

8. How do Sylvia and Eliot react to the social set of Avondale? With who do they socialize? What happens because of this association?

9. What is Eliot's connection with the Rosewater Fire Department? What is his rank within the department and why?

10. In Chapter Three, there is a description of Sylvia telling of her experiences and talents. Describe Sylvia. What does Sylvia know about the town Eliot describes to her?

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