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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. In what department does Sylvia teach?
(a) Irish.
(b) Classics.
(c) French.
(d) English.

2. Which of the following candies would Peter get Ivan in the hospital during their father’s final illness?
(a) Snickers.
(b) Heath.
(c) KitKat.
(d) Twix.

3. Whose lithograph had Sylvia gotten in Paris?
(a) Matisse.
(b) Gris.
(c) Cézanne.
(d) Braque.

4. Which of the following does Ivan recognize as having been attracted to him?
(a) Claire.
(b) Brenda.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Halley.

5. From whom is the epigraph taken?
(a) Frege.
(b) Wittgenstein.
(c) Carnap.
(d) Russell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following works at Margaret’s preferred coffee shop?

2. What instrument does Ivan report being able to play?

3. From what work is the epigraph taken?

4. How many years older than Ivan is Peter?

5. In which neighborhood does Peter join Sylvia at an Italian restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what does Naomi assume Peter has been occupied at the beginning of the novel?

2. Why does Peter initially decline to contest eviction orders against Naomi?

3. Why had one of his clients refused to pay Ivan?

4. Why is Sylvia reluctant to discuss her physical condition?

5. How does Peter define having ideals?

6. Why does Peter make a point of smiling at children and the elderly?

7. What is Ivan’s demonstration in Leitrim?

8. Why does Ivan think himself boring?

9. How does Ivan explain not losing exhibition games?

10. What part of the Gospels does Sylvia note confuses her?

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