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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who provides the epigraph to the novel?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Clarice Lispector.
(c) Lygia Fagundes Telles.
(d) Cecília Meireles.

2. What kind of tobacco does Sad James use?
(a) Bugler.
(b) Zig Zag.
(c) Gambler.
(d) Top.

3. About which of the following is the first excerpt of Cyrus’s project the novel presents?
(a) Qu Yuan.
(b) Bobby Sands.
(c) Hypatia of Alexandria.
(d) Bhagat Singh.

4. What term is used to label habitual Iranian politeness norms?
(a) Keigo.
(b) Takalluf.
(c) Obsequy.
(d) Taarof.

5. Which of the following does Zee idolize?
(a) Gene Krupa.
(b) Max Roach.
(c) Buddy Rich.
(d) Louie Bellson.

6. What was Cyrus’s college major?
(a) Mechanical Engineering.
(b) English.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Education.

7. Which of the following spirits does Ali favor?
(a) Gin.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Ouzo.

8. Whom does Zee quote to Cyrus about working for Jude?
(a) Assata Shakur.
(b) Audre Lorde.
(c) Angela Davis.
(d) bell hooks.

9. To which of the following does the hospital contrast Cyrus?
(a) Marlon Brando.
(b) James Dean.
(c) Rock Hudson.
(d) Charlie Sheen.

10. What profession does Cyrus’s mother tell Lisa Simpson she had wanted to have?
(a) Demographer flautist.
(b) Ponerologist baker.
(c) Geologist designer.
(d) Oceanographer florist.

11. How tall is Cyrus?
(a) 6’6”.
(b) 6’0”.
(c) 6’3”.
(d) 5’6”.

12. On what day does Orkideh’s final installation open?
(a) January 2.
(b) April 30.
(c) February 1.
(d) March 31.

13. At what institution does the novel begin?
(a) Kansas State University.
(b) Keady University.
(c) Garden City Community College.
(d) Palo Alto College.

14. On what holiday does Ali call Arash?
(a) Ashura.
(b) Nowruz.
(c) Tasu'a.
(d) Mawlid.

15. How does the novel gloss the term “palliative”?
(a) Making unfriendly.
(b) Making uncomfortable.
(c) Making friendly.
(d) Making comfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which night does Naples host an open mic?

2. Which of the following groups’ work had Cyrus’s mother intended to take to Arash?

3. At which of the following does Cyrus work?

4. Which of the following composer’s works does Arash enjoy?

5. What art style does Orkideh claim Persia developed before any European?

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