1. The comment that “the man seemed to be turning into an imbecile, his hodgepodge views like mental flatulence, one fetid odor after another” (16) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

2. What meal did Sikander have with Trump at Fresco by Scotto?
(a) Spaghetti and meatballs.
(b) Linguini alfredo.
(c) Lasagna.
(d) Veal parmigiana.

3. Which of the following phrases does the narrator use to describe Trump’s ascendancy (23)?
(a) “A man delivered from consequence itself into pure self-absorption.”
(b) “[The] completion of the long-planned advent of the merchant class to the sanctum sanctorum of American power.”
(c) “A dream that imagines the flourishing of others as nothing more than a road sign.”
(d) “A vision of himself impossibly enhanced, improbably enlarged, released from the pull of debt or truth or history.”

4. What lines does the narrator report taking into his play (50)?
(a) “He’s right. They deserve what they got. And what they’re going to get.”
(b) “Turning us against each other. Making us spill each other’s blood. Just like the British.”
(c) “Taking what we have. Oil, land. Treating us like animals.”
(d) “They run around telling everyone else about human rights. But not for them. Look how they treat their own blacks.”

5. What admonition does Moroni offer the narrator in her letter to him following the 11 September 2001 attacks (xvi)?
(a) “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
(b) “An ye harm none, do what you will.”
(c) “Don’t let the jerks get you down.”
(d) “Use the difficulty; make it your own.”