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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. Shimoda tells the woman on the phone that he does not know it, but finds it fun ___________.
(a) To argue
(b) To believe it
(c) To mock her
(d) To pretend he does

2. Shimoda believes it is a great way to run the ________________, letting everyone do as they please.
(a) City
(b) Plane
(c) Church
(d) Universe

3. What does Richard continue to relive, hoping to change what has happened?
(a) The day of Shimoda's death
(b) The day Shimoda and Richard met
(c) The radio show exchanges
(d) The day he received the book

4. The truth is that having what you want is not a matter of faith, but a matter of __________.
(a) Imagination
(b) Truth
(c) Religion
(d) Trust

5. Shimoda asks Richard if he thinks __________ would have said he could not play a guitar.
(a) Shimoda
(b) Buddha
(c) Jimmy Page
(d) Jesus

Short Answer Questions

1. There is nothing wrong with being ____________, says Richard, but most people like to know why they are doing something.

2. Shimoda asks Richard if he can name anyone who _____________.

3. How is Shimoda killed in his plane?

4. Shimoda says that all humans are __________, naturally able to have what they want.

5. What does Shimoda show to Richard that Richard was certain he didn't actually have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the song from Richard's boyhood such a strange occurrence?

2. What does Shimoda announce is the reason for Richard being here?

3. What happens when Richard is refueling his plane?

4. What does Shimoda declare about humans in general? What are they capable of?

5. What does Shimoda tell Richard to do in order to help Richard get straight answers from him?

6. Describe the vision that Shimoda walks back with after walking toward the shadow?

7. What does Richard continue to do, though the outcome never changes?

8. What does the woman caller say about the idea of "doing what you want?"

9. What is the question Richard then formulates when he begins to do the thing which is the answer to #33?

10. What does Richard conclude about Shimoda and his relationship to the world?

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