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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 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 characters talk with their hands.
(c) Every time a blond comes onscreen.
(d) Every time the lovers remove their glasses to kiss.

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What incarnation of facial hair does Arthur begin to grow in Germany?

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

3. 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?

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

5. Where does the Parisian party at which Finley attacks Arthur's work take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the focus of Rupali's warning to Arthur regarding his stay at the Indian retreat?

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

8. 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?

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

10. How does the author use the narrator's discussion of camels in order to shape the reader's understanding of how Arthur's "single indulgence" (13) on the trip will likely turn out?

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