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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. Phaedrus begins to regret his decision to give the film rights over to the actor when he remembers what his attorney told him: "If you love your book, don't sell it to _________."
(a) New York.
(b) Another artist.
(c) Anyone.
(d) Hollywood.

2. What school did Phaedrus attend as a boy?
(a) Blake.
(b) Milford.
(c) Yale.
(d) Williamson.

3. What does Lila plan to be her final destination after getting a drink at the restaurant in Chapter 18?
(a) The hotel room.
(b) The boat.
(c) Jamie's house.
(d) Church.

4. What does Lila contemplate swearing off forever as she makes her way back to Phaedrus?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Intellectualism.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Men.

5. Which of the following relationships did not appear to be the most pertinent to Lila from her childhood?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What replaced social snobbery after World War I?

2. What city does Phaedrus believe to be the most dynamic on earth?

3. What does Lila leave with the waiter when she is unable to pay her bill?

4. For what sort of Quality does Phaedrus believe Lila only looks?

5. Which of the following is not one of the perceptions Phaedrus believes people such as Lila, Rigel, and the famous actor have of him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Victorian mindset leave society unprepared to deal with the realities of World War I?

2. What does Phaedrus deduce about Lila from his meeting with her friends?

3. How does Phaedrus connect the Zen concept of hell to celebrity?

4. What does Lila discover when she goes to pay for her bill at the restaurant?

5. Why does Lila stop at the restaurant in Chapter 18?

6. How did intellect begin to replace societal concerns after World War I?

7. How does war factor into the Victorian beliefs?

8. Describe Phaedrus's analogy of New York City to a giant.

9. What role does Robert Redford play in this book?

10. How does Phaedrus's musings on the Victorians bring him back to his initial ideas on the American Indians?

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