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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. What was Starbuck's relationship with Alexander Hamilton McCone?
(a) Parent.
(b) Son.
(c) Protégé.
(d) Roommate.

2. Starbuck realizes that by leaving prison he is rejoining _________.
(a) The world of crime.
(b) The fishbowl.
(c) The unbearable lightness of being.
(d) The free enterprise system.

3. McCone's father was a ______.
(a) Criminal.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Movie star.
(d) Factory boss.

4. How did Starbuck lose all his money?
(a) It was taken as evidence.
(b) He gave it away.
(c) He made a bad investment.
(d) He gambled it away.

5. Israel Edel now works for ________.
(a) A tailor.
(b) RAMJAC.
(c) Sarah Wyatt.
(d) The Communist Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Hapgood crusade?

2. Why are the people of Vicuna leaving their planet?

3. After their date, what happens to Sarah's and Starbuck's relationship?

4. At the beginning of the prologue, "Kilgore Trout is ________."

5. In college, how did Clewes betray Starbuck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect do Starbuck's relationships have on him? What is he relationship with himself?

2. How did Starbuck come to be a millionaire? Why isn't he anymore?

3. What is being foreshadowed in the Prologue?

4. Did Ruth's prophesy about her son come true? What is the nature of Starbuck and Ruth's son?

5. Is Starbuck's release from prison entering the new or returning to the old?

6. How is Fender's story of Vicuna a metaphor?

7. Why does the red ribbon on Starbuck's suit cause trouble?

8. Is an event's existence or its meaning more important to Starbuck? How?

9. What do we learn about Starbuck by his attitude towards the red ribbon?

10. Upon being released from prison, why does Starbuck stay at the Hotel Arapahoe?

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