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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. Per the novel, how does the Big Book refer to resentment?
(a) The weight.
(b) The brainstorm.
(c) The grouch.
(d) The nag.

2. In what year did Orkideh exhibit Shipping and Handling?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1993.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2001.

3. Which of the following attends Ali’s funeral?
(a) Kathleen.
(b) Shireen.
(c) Sad James.
(d) Zee.

4. Which of the following had been one of Orkideh’s installations?
(a) Kanzou.
(b) Iecur.
(c) Jigaram.
(d) Tinguk.

5. To what singer does Cyrus’s mother listen with Leila?
(a) Freddie Mercury.
(b) Steve Tyler.
(c) Mick Jagger.
(d) Freddie Mercury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the suggested donation to enter the museum where Orkideh has her final installation?

2. Who trains Arash in his peculiar assignment?

3. Which of the following channels do Cyrus and Zee watch in their hotel room?

4. What television program do Cyrus and Zee discuss?

5. Which of the following does Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quote in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cyrus’s early publication history?

2. How is Ferdowsi commissioned to write the Shahnameh?

3. Why does Cyrus posit Sang Linh is able to function so soon after Orkideh’s death?

4. Why had Arash listened to Allegri’s Miserere?

5. Why, per Cyrus, is it particularly American to discount dreams?

6. What gift does Orkideh give Cyrus for his project?

7. Per Orkideh, what marks out grace?

8. In the novel, what is a myth?

9. How does Cyrus explain his collapse in the museum to the docents?

10. What does the docent who sees Cyrus collapse in the museum discuss with Cyrus?

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