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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herzog say is a "theatrical event" for Madeleine?
(a) Reading.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Going to church.
(d) Getting ready.

2. According to Herzog, what is the most dangerous class of people?
(a) Leaders.
(b) Wives.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Children.

3. Who picks Herzog up at the ferry station?
(a) A cab driver.
(b) Sandor.
(c) Libbie.
(d) Madeleine.

4. What does Herzog do for a living?
(a) A poet.
(b) A writer.
(c) A banker.
(d) A college professor.

5. What does Herzog question in the letter to himself?
(a) His lack of commitment to Ramona.
(b) His concern for park safety.
(c) His interest in social questions.
(d) His two divorces.

6. What does Geraldine Portnoy give Lucas for Herzog?
(a) Tickets.
(b) A letter.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Money.

7. Who is Herzog's second wife?
(a) Sandor.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Valentine.
(d) Madeleine.

8. Where did Herzog and Madeleine first live?
(a) Chicago.
(b) France.
(c) New York.
(d) The Berkshires.

9. What did Herzog purchase for his mother-in-law?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Virginia Rounds.
(d) Movie posters.

10. To what does Herzog compare Madeleine putting on her makeup?
(a) An acrobat.
(b) A mother.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A nun.

11. What does Madeleine demand of Herzog in Chapter 4?
(a) For him to divorce Daisy.
(b) For him to quit teaching.
(c) For him to give up Marco.
(d) For him to convert from Judaism.

12. Who says, "The good are attracted by men's perceptions and think not for themselves"?
(a) Herzog.
(b) Sandor.
(c) Bea.
(d) Madeleine.

13. What, according to Herzog, is a "howling emptiness"?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Therapy.
(c) Love.
(d) Marriage.

14. What disease does Herzog have?
(a) Hypochondria.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Gonorrhea.
(d) Heart disease.

15. What does Herzog believe Madeleine has?
(a) Melancholia.
(b) Megalomania.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) Schizophrenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "money's medium"?

2. Where does the cab take Herzog?

3. What does Pontritter do for a living?

4. According to Herzog's letter, what is grief?

5. What does Herzog tell Ramona in his mind in Chapter 3?

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