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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many students initially show up to Arthur's first class session at Liberated University in Germany?

3. What natural event occurs that traps the group inside the Bedouin encampment?

4. How does Arthur feel upon finding out that he has booked himself into a Christian retreat center, rather than the Buddhist one he had imagined?

5. From whom is the note that is awaiting Arthur's arrival when he gets to the writer's retreat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reason is given for Arthur's decision not to stay longer in Paris by accepting another flight delay or by staying with Javier?

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

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

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

6. What is the difference between Arthur's expectations of the Indian writer's retreat that Carlos had recommended to him and the reality of the situation once he arrives?

7. How do Arthur's students, as a whole, respond to his teaching methods?

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

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

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

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