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

2. What is the name of Zohra's former lover, whose place on the trip Arthur took when she and Zohra broke up?
(a) Janet.
(b) Katie.
(c) Susan.
(d) Julie.

3. What does Zohra say about the mind that resonates with Arthur completely, due to his regrets about letting Freddy go?
(a) The mind cannot be trusted.
(b) The mind is incapable of seeing the bigger picture.
(c) The mind is the enemy of love.
(d) The mind is incompatible with the heart.

4. At whose suggestion does Arthur attend the writer's retreat in India?
(a) Javier.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Freddy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Arthur's all-important tax form when he leaves France?

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

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

4. The narrator states that it is a traveler's what "that one should shop for clothing while abroad"? (116)

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

10. What does Tahiti symbolize to Arthur and why?

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