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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. Which of the following mimics Bob Dylan at the Naples open mic?
(a) Christine.
(b) Justine.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Pauline.

2. Which of the following had Cyrus borrowed and not returned?
(a) Mrs. Dalloway.
(b) To the Lighthouse.
(c) A Room of One’s Own.
(d) The Years.

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

4. Which of the following does Cyrus address in dream-visons?
(a) Mallarmé.
(b) Verlaine.
(c) Baudelaire.
(d) Rimbaud.

5. Which of the following does Cyrus do illicitly?
(a) Lyrica.
(b) Serax.
(c) Klonopin.
(d) Valium.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language does Cyrus remark “orkideh” means “orchid”?

2. With what Chicago team’s logo is the lighter marked that Cyrus considers using to burn himself?

3. What number is assigned to Arash as he processes into military service?

4. How tall is Cyrus?

5. How much is Cyrus’s mother’s bounty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the grief leave policy at Cyrus’s university?

2. Why does Ali caution Cyrus against admitting to his Iranian origin?

3. Why does Gabe rebuke Cyrus for his pretense of mysticism?

4. How had Ali tried to stop Cyrus sucking his thumb?

5. What is meant in the novel by Iranian ugliness?

6. Why does Ali like Westerns?

7. Why does Cyrus find American hookah bars suspect?

8. What does Cyrus want most when God speaks back to him after 27 years?

9. What problems does Cyrus note associate with a focus on gratitude?

10. How does Cyrus’s mother know she is pregnant with him?

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