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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long is Arthur scheduled to teach in Germany?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Two weeks.

2. How does Arthur answer when Finley insults his personality and his writing in one fell swoop?
(a) Thank you.
(b) Shut up.
(c) Go to hell.
(d) I loved your last book.

3. When Arthur goes to dinner with Hans and Hans's friends, he blurts out, "You boys don't know anything about" (106) what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Misery.
(d) Death.

4. When Arthur's neighbor sees him climb through his apartment window, she is not alarmed since "she knows he is not a thief" and is "clearly just" (108) a what?
(a) An American.
(b) A Bavarian.
(c) An oaf.
(d) A fool.

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

6. A group of people of what nationality barge their way past everyone else in the immigration line upon Arthur's arrival in Marrakech?
(a) Japanese.
(b) French.
(c) South African.
(d) Italian.

7. What does Zohra say about the mind that resonates with Arthur completely, due to his regrets about letting Freddy go?
(a) The mind cannot be trusted.
(b) The mind is incapable of seeing the bigger picture.
(c) The mind is incompatible with the heart.
(d) The mind is the enemy of love.

8. Which anniversary are Lewis and Clark celebrating separately while Lewis is in Morocco?
(a) Their 20th.
(b) Their 27th.
(c) Their 12th.
(d) Their 15th.

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

10. What type of creature is Elizabeth, the parson's "special friend" (198) at the writer's retreat site?
(a) A rat.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A snake.
(d) A mongoose.

11. On what story of the university apartment building is Arthur's room during his stay in Germany?
(a) The ninth floor.
(b) The eighth floor.
(c) The fourth floor.
(d) The sixth floor.

12. The narrator describes the Bedouin encampment as a what?
(a) A vision.
(b) A mirage.
(c) A dream.
(d) A nightmare.

13. What incarnation of facial hair does Arthur begin to grow in Germany?
(a) A thin mustache.
(b) A handlebar mustache.
(c) Sideburns.
(d) A beard.

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

15. When Freddy expresses to Arthur that he has always wanted to visit Tahiti, Arthur rejects the idea on the grounds that Tahiti seems too what?
(a) Resorty.
(b) Superficial.
(c) Touristy.
(d) Normal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Arthur's all-important tax form when he leaves France?

2. What is the name of Zohra's former lover, whose place on the trip Arthur took when she and Zohra broke up?

3. Where does Arthur say that he would rather go when he rejects Freddy's idea to visit Tahiti?

4. What error is printed on the flap of the latest printing of one of Arthur's previous novels?

5. Arthur is described by the narrator as someone who can "sometimes touch another and send the spark of his own" what "into theirs"? (114)

(see the answer keys)

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