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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. 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) Superficial.
(c) Resorty.
(d) Touristy.

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

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

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

5. 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 there is a commercial interruption.
(b) Every time the lovers remove their glasses to kiss.
(c) Every time a blond comes onscreen.
(d) Every time characters talk with their hands.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of creature is Elizabeth, the parson's "special friend" (198) at the writer's retreat site?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Arthur comfort his anxious mind in his youth?

2. Explain the significance of the narrator's statements about the ages of 10, 20, 30, and 40, at the moment Arthur finds himself locked out of the German university apartment.

3. How do Freddy and Arthur differ in their approaches to travel?

4. In what ways does Arthur see Lewis and Clark's marriage as an ideal one?

5. Discuss the significance of Arthur's reflection that he has always alternated between "the city of youth" and "the country of age" (112).

6. What reason does Arthur have for not describing his books until after they are published?

7. What is the symbolism of Ait Ben Haddou in Morocco?

8. What comments does Zohra make about the subject of Arthur's last completed book when he finally tells her its plot?

9. What does Tahiti symbolize to Arthur and why?

10. What characterizes Arthur's approach to teaching?

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