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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. How old is Stan in "Rollercoaster"?
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Thirty.
(d) A high school kid.

2. What does Stan wish he was?
(a) A success.
(b) An artist.
(c) A skyscraper.
(d) A thunder cloud.

3. What is Mrs. Densch afraid she is going to look like if she doesn't go to the party in her new dress?
(a) A ragged harlot.
(b) A poor Amish person.
(c) A country schoolteacher.
(d) A Southern grandmother.

4. According to the taxi driver who drops Elaine and George off, why is there is such a big crowd at the road house?
(a) The war.
(b) The Canarsie murder.
(c) The weather is stellar.
(d) It is steak night.

5. What does Ellen think of milkmen?
(a) They are beneath her dignity.
(b) They steal from mailboxes.
(c) They are the nicest people in the world.
(d) They are all a little crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "tramp" that Joe and Skinny encounter think people need?

2. According to the "tramp", there is more wickedness in one block in New York City than in a square mile in _______.

3. Who says he has come from overseas making the world safe for democracy?

4. Which company makes pipe tobacco that doesn't come in tins?

5. Where does Jimmy work as a reporter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anna's mother say when she scolds her for her line of work?

2. What does Dick Snow say about Ellen's divorce?

3. What is the greatest sight in the world according to Jimmy Herf as he and his family return from abroad?

4. What does Congo say of Jimmy's life experience?

5. What does Ellen say to George when he tells her Cecily has consented to a divorce?

6. What does Jimmy say about his job at the Times?

7. What doe Phil think will happen if he can sell his tiles to architects?

8. What does George tell Phil in regards to Elaine?

9. What does Jimmy say gives him goose flesh as he talks to Tony Hunter about stories in the paper?

10. What does Jimmy say to Congo concerning their comparative social status?

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