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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the play Marjorie is involved with in Chapter 39?
(a) The Good Year.
(b) The Bad Year.
(c) The Short Year.
(d) The Long Year.

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

3. What is Imogene trying to find work as in Chapter 28?
(a) A model.
(b) An actress.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A singer.

4. Where does Noel secure a job in Chapter 23?
(a) Vanity Fair.
(b) On Broadway.
(c) Paramount Pictures.
(d) An advertising agency.

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

6. Who is Mike Eden?
(a) A fellow passenger on the ship to Paris.
(b) A popular singer who shows interest in Marjorie.
(c) Noel's best friend.
(d) Marjorie's first love.

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

8. Instead of a writer, what has Noel decided he is in Chapter 38?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) An architect.
(d) A sculptor.

9. What does Marjorie learn about Noel's health in Chapter 40?
(a) His years of smoking and alcohol abuse has caught up with him.
(b) He spent the last two weeks in bed with chicken pox.
(c) He broke his leg while running after a taxi.
(d) He contracted a type of fever in North Africa.

10. What does Marjorie think of the play given to her by Guy in Chapter 22?
(a) She is shocked by how horrible it is.
(b) She is surprised by how much she relates to the characters.
(c) She is confused by its literary references.
(d) She is impressed with the wit and humor in the play.

11. Why does Flamm offer Marjorie the role?
(a) He is looking for some inexpensive novices.
(b) He is looking for financial backers, like her father.
(c) He thinks she is perfect for the role.
(d) He is in love with her.

12. What does Marjorie admit to Marsha about Noel at her graduation?
(a) Noel has been calling her house incessantly for the past month.
(b) Noel used to become enraged when he drank.
(c) She has yet to be attracted to someone as she was with Noel at South Wind.
(d) She is still in love with Noel and is considering getting back together with him.

13. Who is Imogene?
(a) Noel's co-worker.
(b) An old friend of Noel.
(c) Noel's cousin.
(d) Marjorie's neighbor.

14. Why does Marjorie telephone the director in Chapter 37?
(a) To recommend a new talent.
(b) To inform him that she will be late for rehearsal.
(c) To quit the production.
(d) To ask for directions to the rehearsal venue.

15. Due to her successful production in Chapter 21, what does Marjorie have the possibility of doing?
(a) A silent film.
(b) A headlining tour.
(c) A Broadway show.
(d) A radio show.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Noel believe Marjorie's destiny to be?

2. What is the name of the one show which Noel has done since South Wind in Chapter 21?

3. Who is Guy Flamm?

4. What does Marjorie say about Noel to try to talk him up in Chapter 28?

5. Who does Marsha marry in Chapter 34?

(see the answer keys)

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