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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zohra tries to get Arthur and Lewis to make a pact with her to give up romance and to take what other action?
(a) To write to one another.
(b) To quit Facebook.
(c) To get fat.
(d) To meet in Marrakech every year.

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

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

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

5. What part of his body does Arthur fracture as he is running after the dog who steals his blue suit in India?
(a) His finger.
(b) His arm.
(c) His ankle.
(d) His nose.

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

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

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

9. With what object does Arthur return when he seeks a remedy for Bastian's fever?
(a) A dark liquid in a bottle.
(b) Powder in a folded packet.
(c) A jar of tea.
(d) A syringe in a bottle.

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

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

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

13. When Robert says that poetry "kills you now" (106), what does he say that poetry is later?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Food.
(d) Trash.

14. What incorrect term does Arthur use to refer to himself during his introduction to his university students?
(a) Professor.
(b) Instructor.
(c) Docent.
(d) Colonel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what story of the university apartment building is Arthur's room during his stay in Germany?

2. Why does Arthur refrain from participating in the retreat manager's attempts at conversation during the ride to the retreat site?

3. When Arthur shouts to Lewis "This isn't a birthday!" (108), what does he say it is instead?

4. What task does Arthur plan to complete during his stay at the writer's retreat?

5. 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?

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