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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the two visitors bring to Blue in the hospital?
(a) A book.
(b) A pint of gin.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A Bible.

2. Fill in the following quote by Blue in Chapter VI: "It is because I have been so happy that I am so ______________."
(a) Despondent.
(b) Bored.
(c) Serious.
(d) Rich.

3. Blue equates the fights of his day with fighting the plague with what?
(a) A bow and arrow.
(b) A sword.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Prayer.

4. What is Blue's last letter to the narrator about?
(a) Blue's thoughts on religion.
(b) Plans for the future.
(c) People spending too much money.
(d) The end of the world.

5. What service does Blue pledge himself to in Chapter VII?
(a) The Rotarians.
(b) Lady Poverty.
(c) Christ.
(d) The Masons.

6. What does Blue think is the narrator's best virtue is?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Love.
(c) Selflessness.
(d) Gluttony.

7. How many total letters does the narrator acquire that were written by Blue?
(a) 5 letters.
(b) 11 letters.
(c) 8 letters.
(d) 2 letters..

8. What is the gift Blue gave the narrator at the end of Chapter VI?
(a) A prayer book.
(b) A religious card.
(c) A cup for communion.
(d) A small wooden cross.

9. What is the following quote written on: "The cross is the fit God gives his friends."
(a) The side of Trinity.
(b) The gift from Blue.
(c) Blue's journal.
(d) Graffiti on the subway.

10. According to Blue, all of the following are given by heaven except:
(a) Health.
(b) Courage.
(c) Money.
(d) Gaiety.

11. According to Blue in Chapter VI, what is the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine?
(a) A testament to mankind.
(b) An interpretation of the faith.
(c) An anomaly.
(d) Ahead of its time.

12. Fill in the following quotation by Blue in Chapter VI: "Once heroes built fortresses against the Mongol and the Saracen; now they must build fortresses against _____________."
(a) The British.
(b) The poor.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) The whole world.

13. What vocation does Blue find?
(a) Banker.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Electrical engineering.

14. How does the narrator view Blue's friendships?
(a) Blue was not a good friend.
(b) Blue was a friend out of charity.
(c) Blue had many intimate friends.
(d) Blue was too self centered to be a friend to others.

15. What kind of work does Mrs. Murphy do?
(a) Runs a bar.
(b) Runs a school.
(c) Runs a bank.
(d) Runs a lodging house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blue leave for Mrs. Murphy?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter VI, what is Blue?

3. What is the weather like in Chapter VII?

4. In Chapter VI, what type of architecture does Blue rant about?

5. According to Blue, what ruins the intellect of man?

(see the answer keys)

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