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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. Friedman insists he has no ____________.
(a) Money.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Control.
(d) Power.

2. What interrupts Hank's work as he begins to write his first line of the screenplay?
(a) The doorbell.
(b) Sarah's cat.
(c) The telephone.
(d) Sarah.

3. "Hollywood: A Novel by Charles Bukowski" is a memoir of _____________.
(a) "Barfly."
(b) "Bafly."
(c) "Barly."
(d) "Barely."

4. Whom does Hank halfheartedly agree to share the screenwriting with at the end of Part 1?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mamin.
(c) Pinchot.
(d) Racine.

5. What does Hank have to do to get in the mood to discuss screenwriting?
(a) Exercise.
(b) Drink heavily.
(c) Smoke a pipe.
(d) Eat a good meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Hank at the beginning of the novel?

2. Who is the ruthless, African dictator Pinchot does a documentary on?

3. Who tells Hank a crude joke?

4. Whose birthday party do Hank and Jon go to?

5. What does Hank see in the party guests at Jon's celebratory party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hank want arranged for the film's public premiere?

2. Why does Hank struggle with writing his screenplay at the end of Part 4?

3. Describe where Pinchot takes Hank and Sarah in Part 2.

4. What does Hector Blackford, the director, purchase?

5. What differences does Hank see between his film and truth of the night scene with Jane?

6. What does Hank intend to do now that his film and screenplay are over?

7. Describe Hank's contempt for the human race.

8. Why does Jon stay with Hank and Sarah?

9. Describe the Apes Haven.

10. How does Firepower acquire the money to get on board with Hank's screenplay again?

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