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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A fool.
(b) An oaf.
(c) A Bavarian.
(d) An American.

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

3. How often does Bastian visit Arthur during Arthur's stint teaching in Germany?
(a) Every few nights.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every night.
(d) Every month.

4. 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) Slow.
(c) Bold.
(d) Fearless.

5. What does the narrator state as something a camel loves?
(a) The grass she chews.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The heavenly night.
(d) Her fellow camels.

6. When Bastian refuses to take medicine for his fever and Arthur puts on Bastian's favorite television show so that Bastian can play a drinking game with his medicine, what action on the show does Arthur tell Bastian he has to drink to each time he sees it occur on the show?
(a) Every time characters talk with their hands.
(b) Every time the lovers remove their glasses to kiss.
(c) Every time there is a commercial interruption.
(d) Every time a blond comes onscreen.

7. Arthur begins his first lecture in Germany by quoting which author?
(a) Pushkin.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Proust.

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

9. To his surprise, the reading at which Arthur performs in Germany is held inside what type of establishment?
(a) A theater.
(b) A lecture hall.
(c) A nightclub.
(d) A library.

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

11. Of what material is Arthur's cottage at the writer's retreat crafted?
(a) Seagrass.
(b) Metal.
(c) Wood.
(d) Brick.

12. Whose wedding does Lewis say that he will attend in June in order to read a poem?
(a) Arthur's wedding.
(b) Clark's wedding.
(c) Zohra's wedding.
(d) Carlos's wedding.

13. 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) Normal.
(b) Touristy.
(c) Resorty.
(d) Superficial.

14. Where does the Parisian party at which Finley attacks Arthur's work take place?
(a) On the rue des Rosiers.
(b) On the avenue Montaigne.
(c) On the rue Bonaparte.
(d) On the rue du Bac.

15. The narrator describes the two camel boys' affection for one another as resembling the love between which two fictional characters?
(a) Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Holden and Phoebe Caulfield.
(d) The Hardy Boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the pastor encourage Arthur to ask himself whenever something during his stay seems to him strange or foolish?

2. A group of people of what nationality barge their way past everyone else in the immigration line upon Arthur's arrival in Marrakech?

3. Zohra tries to get Arthur and Lewis to make a pact with her to give up romance and to take what other action?

4. When Finley announces the reason that Arthur's work is not included in the gay literary canon, what does he state as the reason?

5. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Zohra's every move?

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