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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Zohra's every move?
(a) Practiced.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Calculated.
(d) Purposeful.

2. After Arthur asks students not registered in the Global Linguistics and Literature department to leave the class, how many students are left?
(a) 80.
(b) 10.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

3. Arthur is described by the narrator as someone who can "sometimes touch another and send the spark of his own" what "into theirs"? (114)
(a) Nervous system.
(b) Electric spark.
(c) Electric charge.
(d) Life force.

4. How many students initially show up to Arthur's first class session at Liberated University in Germany?
(a) 30.
(b) 80.
(c) 130.
(d) 250.

5. With whom does Arthur spend the night after he has dinner with Hans and Hans's friends in Germany?
(a) Bastian.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Hans.
(d) Ulrich.

6. Where does Arthur say that he would rather go when he rejects Freddy's idea to visit Tahiti?
(a) Korea.
(b) Russia.
(c) India.
(d) Spain.

7. Arthur sarcastically thanks life when he sees a book by what author by his bed in the Bedouin encampment?
(a) Deepak Chopra.
(b) Finley Dwyer.
(c) Robert Brownburn.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.

8. For how long had Lewis known that he and Clark were splitting up before he told Arthur?
(a) Ten years.
(b) A week.
(c) A year.
(d) A few months.

9. What natural event occurs that traps the group inside the Bedouin encampment?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A sandstorm.
(c) A flash flood.
(d) A heat wave.

10. Besides Arthur, who else celebrates a birthday during the group's journey across Morocco?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Zohra.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Kevin.

11. What object is given to Arthur at the prize ceremony in Italy?
(a) A watch.
(b) A book of poetry.
(c) A golden statuette.
(d) A trip to New York City.

12. Which of Arthur's friends meets him in Marrakech and takes him to the site where the caravan will begin its journey across Morocco?
(a) Zohra.
(b) Finley.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Lewis.

13. Arthur's high school German teacher said that "the key to speaking a new language is to be" what "instead of perfect"? (101)
(a) Humble.
(b) Bold.
(c) Fearless.
(d) Slow.

14. Rather than considering himself German, what nationality does Bastian call his own?
(a) Swiss.
(b) Italian.
(c) Bavarian.
(d) American.

15. How does Arthur feel upon finding out that he has booked himself into a Christian retreat center, rather than the Buddhist one he had imagined?
(a) Excited.
(b) Wary.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Deflated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arthur begins his first lecture in Germany by quoting which author?

2. What does the princess next door to the Moroccan riad's pool do in order to express her displeasure with the late-night noise being made by Arthur's party?

3. Who places his hand on Arthur's back during the funeral for Arthur's mother?

4. With what object does Arthur return when he seeks a remedy for Bastian's fever?

5. Instead of a key, what does Arthur's university apartment door in Germany require him to use in order for the door to be unlocked?

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