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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. Who is cited as the author of Our Capital in Time of War?
(a) James Morgan.
(b) Margaret Garrett.
(c) Jo Brunt.
(d) Petersen Wickett.

2. How much money does Mrs. Abigail Blass claim he has in gold coin in an upstairs room in Chapter 27?
(a) $9,634.
(b) $6,000.
(c) $8,234.
(d) $4,000.

3. Whom does the narrator cite as the author of A Season of War and Loss?
(a) Jo Brunt.
(b) James Morgan.
(c) Ann Brighney.
(d) Margaret Garrett.

4. What did Mrs. Tessenbaum do for many years after she was convinced she was manifesting in lingerie?
(a) She screamed endlessly.
(b) She hid behind a tree.
(c) She sang.
(d) She wept.

5. Who is described in Chapter 37 as constantly mumbling about his grandson's excellent university marks?
(a) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(b) Mrs. Delaney.
(c) Mr. Twood.
(d) Mr. Dill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Prussian nobleman that attended the Lincolns' state dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

2. Who is cited as the author of The Washington Powers?

3. Upon whose face does the Reverend Thomas place his hands in Chapter 29?

4. Who is described in Chapter 37 as a dandy who wishes his hair might be restored?

5. Who wrote Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Roger Bevins III describe Mrs. Abigail Blass in Chapter 26?

2. Who is Flanders Quinn and how is he described?

3. What does the tendril that wraps Willie symbolic of?

4. What are some examples of cited excerpts included in Chapters 3 and 4? What information do they relate?

5. Who are the Three Bachelors and how are they described?

6. How does Roger Bevins III describe his suicide attempt in Chapter 9?

7. How is Mrs. Delaney's plight described in Chapter 31?

8. What does Lieutenant Cecil Stone describe of his life in Chapter 26?

9. Why does Willie refuse to pass on from the bardo for much of the novel?

10. What is the unnatural predilection that Roger Bevins III describes in Chapter 9?

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