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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. Where does Stahr have dinner after his episode?
(a) His office.
(b) The commissary.
(c) A bar.
(d) A coffee shop.

2. Why does Stahr not quit when he returns from his trip?
(a) He knows he will die soon.
(b) He wants to win Cecelia's love back.
(c) He has nothing else to do.
(d) He can't give in to Brady.

3. Why will the woman who resembles Stahr's late wife be unable to see him again?
(a) She is afraid of him.
(b) She is engaged.
(c) She is married.
(d) She is leaving the country.

4. Who calls Stahr after speaking with the man who tries to commit suicide?
(a) One of the girls from the flood.
(b) The Prince of Denmark.
(c) Cecelia's father.
(d) Cecelia.

5. Why does the girl from the flood say she doesn't want to see Stahr?
(a) She is married.
(b) She is too young for him.
(c) She has a boyfriend.
(d) She is not interested.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man who intended to commit suicide offer to do for Stahr?

2. How many writers does Stahr meet with after getting off the phone?

3. Who does Stahr have an active affair with at the end of the book?

4. What does Cecelia find in the closet of her father's office after her meeting with Martha?

5. Who comes in the room as Stahr is leaving with the person Stahr went to see after his lunch with the prince?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stahr find in his office after he looks at the afternoon dailies?

2. What is in the letter that Kathleen left in Stahr's car?

3. What does Stahr realize when he meets with the girl from the flood?

4. Why does Zavras try to commit suicide?

5. What does the girl from the flood offer to do for Stahr?

6. What does Cecelia find when she brings Martha Dodd to talk to her father?

7. What do we learn when Stahr has a quick check-up with his physician?

8. What happens when Cecelia tells Stahr how she feels about him?

9. How was Cecelia once connected to Communist Party leaders, and why has that connection weakened?

10. What does a black man say to Stahr while he is on the beach with Kathleen, and how does he respond?

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