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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. Who was the narrator talking about when he first met Blue?
(a) Frank Munsey.
(b) John Stuart.
(c) Ray Bradford.
(d) Al Capone.

2. In Blue's motion picture idea, what does SC No.1 refer to?
(a) A musical score.
(b) The food source.
(c) Blue's assigned number.
(d) New York.

3. Fill in the following quote by Blue from Chapter II: "Without Christ, we would be little more than ____________."
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Microcosms.
(c) Amoebas.
(d) Barnacles.

4. How much money does Blue say he has?
(a) Five million.
(b) Two million.
(c) Three million.
(d) One million.

5. How does Stevens describe the music from the concert on the skyscraper roof?
(a) Neanderthal music.
(b) Maniacal music.
(c) Insomnia inducing music.
(d) Loneliness curing music.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Blue's money earned?

2. How is Blue described when the narrator first runs into him in Chapter I?

3. What does Blue do at the beginning of Chapter III?

4. How does Blue make others feel?

5. Besides Stevens, who is the other guest at Blue's party in Chapter II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Blue's living arrangements in Chapter II.

2. Describe the entertainment Blue had at a party for Stevens.

3. What is the story Blue tells the narrator about?

4. How does Blue make the narrator feel about his life?

5. What happens when White completes Mass?

6. According to Blue, what does Lady Poverty do to him?

7. How is the narrator introduced to Blue?

8. What does Blue mean by saying that Christ was 'humanized infinitude?"

9. How do the leaders of the IGW run the world?

10. Why does the author mention that John Stuart is a Catholic?

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