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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Noel traveling with in Chapter 40?
(a) A woman named Mildred and another couple.
(b) His family.
(c) An old friend from college.
(d) Two elderly couples on a sight-seeing tour.

2. Who proposes to Marjorie in Chapter 40?
(a) Noel.
(b) Milton.
(c) George.
(d) Wally.

3. How does Marjorie feel when Noel does not phone her for three days in Chapter 28?
(a) Worried.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Happy.
(d) Confused.

4. What is Marjorie's role in the play in Chapter 39?
(a) She plays the lead heroine.
(b) She plays a flower girl.
(c) She plays one of five whores.
(d) She plays a miller's daughter.

5. What book does Noel read after his epiphany?
(a) The Bhagavad Gita.
(b) The Book of the Dead.
(c) Confucian texts.
(d) The Old Testament.

6. What role does Flamm offer Marjorie in Chapter 22?
(a) A lead in a melodrama.
(b) A secondary role in a comedy.
(c) A small, but important, role.
(d) A role as an understudy.

7. What is Noel's term for a generic Jewish boy?
(a) Dr. Shapiro.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Rabbi Reuben.
(d) Abraham.

8. What does Noel's epiphany at the Seder lead him to do?
(a) Propose to Marjorie.
(b) Cut off his hair.
(c) Join a religious club.
(d) Study Judaism.

9. How does Marjorie feel before receiving a call from Noel in Chapter 22?
(a) Tired and without hope.
(b) Calm and at peace.
(c) Dejected and depressed.
(d) Excited and happy.

10. Who does Marjorie see after leaving the hairdresser in Chapter 32?
(a) Dr. Shapiro.
(b) Noel.
(c) Marsha.
(d) Wally.

11. Who writes a letter of introduction for Marjorie in Chapter 22?
(a) Her writing tutor.
(b) Her singing coach.
(c) Her drama instructor.
(d) Her piano teacher.

12. Who is Guy Flamm?
(a) A producer.
(b) A casting director.
(c) A writer.
(d) A director.

13. Why does Marjorie pin all her hopes on a reconciliation with Noel in Chapter 40?
(a) She has nothing to offer another man but a "ransacked body and an empty heart".
(b) To Marjorie, Noel is her "everything."
(c) Marjorie is lonely and thinks that "Noel is the only boy who understands" her.
(d) Noel needs her as much as she "needs his moody eyes and messy hair."

14. What were Marjorie's nightmares during her affair with Noel about?
(a) Searching for Noel through rooms and corridors but not finding him.
(b) Living in the suburbs with Noel with ten badly-behaved children.
(c) Sitting in her parent's home in her old age.
(d) Running through a crowded room yelling "Princess Jones!"

15. What is the party in Chapter 32 celebrating?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) A birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to her successful production in Chapter 21, what does Marjorie have the possibility of doing?

2. What does Noel blame Marjorie for in Chapter 38?

3. What does Sam think of Noel's work ethic?

4. Why does Marjorie telephone the director in Chapter 37?

5. Who does Noel lose a radio script writing position to in Chapter 38?

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