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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. Which of the following does Margaret note a reading group at her workplace discusses?
(a) Schopenhauer.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Kierkegaard.
(d) Heidegger.

2. Which of the following does Margaret chase away from her bird-feeder?
(a) Blackbirds.
(b) Magpies.
(c) Grackles.
(d) Kookaburras.

3. Which of the following does Peter want to watch play Mozart’s Sonata 14?
(a) Brendel.
(b) Perahia.
(c) Marriner.
(d) Pollini.

4. What chess maneuver does Peter use?
(a) Queen's Gambit.
(b) King's Gambit.
(c) Le Beau's Gambit.
(d) Evans Gambit.

5. In which of the following had Ivan competed immediately before learning of his father’s illness?
(a) Limerick.
(b) Cork.
(c) Galway.
(d) Dingle.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does Peter hide a picture of Naomi?

2. Where had Peter lodged at college?

3. Over which bridge does Peter walk on the way to a seminar?

4. Which of the following teams does Ivan watch play?

5. What color swimsuit does Margaret have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret increasingly appreciate the town in which she lives?

2. What had been Margaret’s hope in leaving her husband?

3. How does Peter explain to Sylvia his attempt to break off matters with Naomi?

4. Why is Peter sympathetic towards his imagined version of Margaret?

5. Why does Peter, generally, decline to reach out to his brother to discuss his own life?

6. Why is Margaret sympathetic towards her imagined version of Peter?

7. What does Peter report as the most difficult Christian teaching for him?

8. How does Naomi support herself?

9. Why does Peter not return to his apartment after his upset with Sylvia?

10. How does Peter imagine Sylvia views Naomi after he has secured her release from jail?

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