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

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

3. Who places his hand on Arthur's back during the funeral for Arthur's mother?
(a) Finley.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Freddy.
(d) Robert.

4. What question does the pastor encourage Arthur to ask himself whenever something during his stay seems to him strange or foolish?
(a) When?
(b) What?
(c) Who?
(d) Why?

5. In what German city is the university at which Arthur teaches for a time?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Munich.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The narrator describes which character as "the kind of woman who would run an international spy ring" (168)?

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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the narrator give for agreeing with Zohra's prounouncement that the witnessing of the Moroccan sunset is no time for talking?

2. What does Tahiti symbolize to Arthur and why?

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

4. What is the significance of Arthur noticing the camel boys sitting with their arms around one another in Morocco?

5. What does Finley announce to Arthur as the reason that Arthur's work is not included in the gay literary canon?

6. What are Arthur's duties during his time in Germany?

7. 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.

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

9. What is ironic about the one thing Arthur says in perfect German during his stay in Germany?

10. What does the narrator reveal about Zohra's past?

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