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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lionel Jones' chauffeur's nickname?
(a) The Tojo of Soho.
(b) The Black Fuehrer of Harlem.
(c) The Hitler of Hackensack.
(d) The Bed-Stuy Mussolini.

2. What does the patrolman say has the potential to end crime, war, divorce, child abuse, and several other social ills?
(a) Chemicals.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Religion.
(d) Extraterrestrial beings.

3. During the raid, Lionel Jones denounces several groups of people. The G-man declares he is a member of one of the groups. Which one?
(a) Mormons.
(b) Jews.
(c) Unitarians.
(d) Catholics.

4. What is the topic of Resi's speech at the Iron Guard meeting?
(a) How the narrator's writings inspired her.
(b) The importance of holding out for true love.
(c) Her first-hand experiences with communism.
(d) The sacrifices her sister and parents made for the cause they believed in.

5. What special ceremony is planned at the weekly meeting of the Iron Guard of the White Sons of the Constitution?
(a) A mock human sacrifice.
(b) Initiation rites for the narrator.
(c) A memorial service for August Krapptauer.
(d) The wedding of Resi and the narrator.

6. The narrator tells Helga he wants to get a bed like their old one that . . .
(a) Had a headboard like an Italian sunset.
(b) Could fold up into the wall.
(c) Was stuffed with goose down.
(d) Provided really good back support.

7. What is the book, Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova, about?
(a) The working title of a play about a celebrated Nazi commandant.
(b) A fictional account of Giacomo Casanova's life after he married and settled down.
(c) The narrator and Helga's sex life as a married couple.
(d) The lascivious thoughts of a middle-aged family man with a wild imagination.

8. For what "crime" was Stepan Bodovskov arrested, tried, and shot?
(a) Obscenity.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Originality.

9. According to Wirtanen, who are the only three people who knew the truth about the narrator's radio broadcasts?
(a) Lionel Jones, George Kraft, and Father Keeley.
(b) Howard Campbell and his parents.
(c) Helga, Resi, and Heinz.
(d) Frank Wirtanen, General Donovan, and Franklin Delano "Rosenfeld."

10. What is Helga's present to the narrator when they are reunited?
(a) The silver-hilted dagger that he had designed himself.
(b) A motorcycle just like the one he borrowed from Heinz.
(c) Her father's blue vase.
(d) His collected works of poems, stories, plays, letters, and one unpublished book.

11. What does George Kraft do when he realized the narrator was on to his scheme?
(a) Takes Resi hostage.
(b) Calls the narrator a liar.
(c) Reaches for his pistol.
(d) Runs away.

12. To what does the narrator compare himself and other cigarette smokers?
(a) Babies with pacifiers.
(b) Walking chimneys.
(c) Lightning bugs.
(d) Pre-cancerous growths.

13. If someone wished to purchase a copy of Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova with color illustrations, how much extra would it cost?
(a) Five pounds Sterling.
(b) Seventy-five Deutschmarks.
(c) Forty rubles.
(d) Forty dollars.

14. Why does the narrator think his drawing is so popular?
(a) It resembles a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.
(b) It is so strikingly realistic.
(c) It made people laugh at themselves and their own imperfections.
(d) It looks like something drawn on the wall of a public lavatory.

15. What are Resi, Father Keeley, and the Black Fuehrer doing when the narrator returns from his meeting with Frank Wirtanen?
(a) Talking to the police.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Organizing a search party.
(d) Preparing for their trip to Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the surprise Lionel Jones presents to the narrator at the Iron Guard meeting?

2. What had been the garbage man's profession before coming to America?

3. What was George Kraft using as target practice in Jones' cellar?

4. Who does the Blue Fairy Godmother say are communist agents?

5. What does Wirtanen tell the narrator that George Kraft had planned to do to him?

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