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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Jon and Francois move once Francois returns?
(a) To Beverly Hills.
(b) To Sunset Boulevard.
(c) To San Francisco.
(d) To the ghetto.

2. When will Hank receive his payment for writing the screenplay?
(a) After it is sold.
(b) After he finishes.
(c) Up front.
(d) After is is produced.

3. Who indicates only wanting Hank to write the screenplay?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Pinchot.
(c) Hank.
(d) Racine.

4. Why are Hank and Sarah late to see the film about Christ's transformation?
(a) They were in traffic.
(b) They were lost.
(c) They were eating dinner.
(d) They were buying wine.

5. Where does Jon's agent live?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Florence.
(d) London.

6. Which was not described as artificial about the set of the film about Christ's transformation?
(a) Sets.
(b) Plot.
(c) Sets and characters.
(d) Characters.

7. Where does Hank suggest they go when Francois returns to the table?
(a) The racetrack.
(b) A party.
(c) Musso's.
(d) The office.

8. What does Francois Racine do for a living?
(a) He's a French musician.
(b) He's a French writer.
(c) He's a French producer.
(d) He's a French actor.

9. What does the novel contemplate or examine in Part 2?
(a) The creative process.
(b) The writing process.
(c) The selling process.
(d) The buying process.

10. Who flatters then bores Hank with his discussion of Hank's work?
(a) Racine.
(b) Modard.
(c) Pinchot.
(d) Renoir.

11. What does Francois tell Sarah he wants her to do?
(a) Convince Hank of something.
(b) Give him a massage.
(c) Play the lead in the film.
(d) Keep a secret.

12. What does Friedman call Hank's film?
(a) A real film.
(b) A fictional film.
(c) A disaster.
(d) An art film.

13. To whom does Hank write a letter?
(a) Francois.
(b) Sarah.
(c) A friend.
(d) Jon.

14. What does Hank reflect on as they drive to Jon and Francois's?
(a) The rich and famous residents.
(b) The landscaped yards.
(c) The poverty of the area.
(d) The apparent racial tension.

15. In Part 3, Hank and Sarah go to___________.
(a) A real estate office.
(b) An agent's office.
(c) A producer's office.
(d) A law office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pulls off the dangling food from Friedman's lip?

2. Sarah tells Hank he was nice _____________.

3. What does Francois go to count in the middle of dinner?

4. What type of writing style does the narrative shift to at the end of Part 2?

5. What do Hank and Sarah do after the celebratory party at Jon's?

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