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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the word "Ivan" pronounced in "Caimbilge" in "All Abord Speeching"?
(a) Orvan.
(b) Aivan.
(c) Oivan.
(d) Oivan.

2. Lennon writes of Michael, "(the little ____)".
(a) Killjoy.
(b) Twerp.
(c) Shad.
(d) Wretch.

3. What are the ragged gathering of rags making in "Treasure Ivan"?
(a) Stellon.
(b) Melton.
(c) Melly.
(d) Snelly.

4. What is the "coloured woman's" name in "Scene three Act one"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Monie.
(c) Mammy.
(d) Mary.

5. What college does Lennon refer to in the poem "Liddypool"?
(a) Hendricks.
(b) Hellworth.
(c) Hellens.
(d) Hellsy.

6. Who co-wrote "On Safairy With Whide Hunter" with John Lennon?
(a) Paul McCartney.
(b) Ringo Starr.
(c) Maudie Hays.
(d) George Harrison.

7. What is the "coloured man" eating as he dances by in "Neville Club"?
(a) An apple.
(b) A tomato.
(c) An olive.
(d) A banana.

8. In "Victor Triumps Again and Mrs. Weatherby Learns a Lesson," where are they holding a "Black Matt"?
(a) Victor's pad.
(b) Victor's flat.
(c) Victor's shop.
(d) Victor's muscle.

9. In the final lines of "Alec Speaking," Lennon breaks rhyme, meter and nonsense words with the lines: "Onward, my friends to victory and glory / for the _____."
(a) Thirtyninth.
(b) Thirtieth.
(c) Sixteenth.
(d) Fortiest.

10. What does "he" "strab down" in "Alec Speaking"?
(a) Eversmays.
(b) Sodleways.
(c) Soddieflays.
(d) Jongledays.

11. In "A Suprise for Little Bobby", how old is Bobby?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 39.
(d) 32.

12. What is the "coloured woman" carrying in "Scene three Act one"?
(a) A baby.
(b) A dog.
(c) A coat.
(d) A cat.

13. "On This Churly Morn" ends with the lines: "Remplenish thou thy cravie / With all that bodes within / Fall gather barge and davie / The ____ within a bin."
(a) Lamb.
(b) Goat.
(c) Cat.
(d) Unicorn.

14. Who comes to see Michael in "Sad Michael"?
(a) Poshman.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Poleaseman.
(d) Polishman.

15. In the first line of "I Remember Arnold", the narrator says, "I remember" whom?
(a) Kakky Hargreaves.
(b) Freddy Mays.
(c) Gilly Hawkins.
(d) Jonny Giggles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the L.C.C.C. stand for in "Liddypool"?

2. In "Oxfam", the word "Ivan" is pronounced as what, according to "All Abord Speeching"?

3. In what way does Lennon construe the word "phonetically" in "All Abord Speeching"?

4. What does Lennon write is "handys when sailing" in "Liddypool"?

5. What is Clive's last name in "Nicely Nicely Clive"?

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