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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 does Cecelia die of?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

2. What does Cecelia find in the closet of her father's office after her meeting with Martha?
(a) An undressed secretary.
(b) Some dirty magazines.
(c) A stash of junk food.
(d) Weapons.

3. What does Stahr think when he meets with the person who called him?
(a) He is bored with the affair.
(b) He is intimidated by her.
(c) He made a mistake.
(d) He feels obligated to be there.

4. Who finishes this book for Fitzgerald?
(a) Bronson Alcott.
(b) Robert Woodrow.
(c) Edmund Wilson.
(d) Edgar Poe.

5. Who does the girl behind the screen door look like?
(a) Audrey Hepburn.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Minna Davis.
(d) Mrs. Stahr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does a phone begin ringing when Stahr takes someone to see the house he is building?

2. Where is Stahr when the woman from the flood tells him her story?

3. What is the name of the man who attempts suicide at the studio?

4. What is missing from the house Stahr is building when he takes someone to see it?

5. Why does the girl from the flood say she doesn't want to see Stahr?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stahr do when he looks at the dailies after lunch?

2. How does Brady try to blackmail Stahr?

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

4. Why does Brimmer criticize Stahr during their meeting?

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

6. Why does Zavras try to commit suicide?

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

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

9. What happens when Brimmer and Stahr are together at Cecelia's house?

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

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