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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 forwards a letter to the narrator from Blue on vices?
(a) Mr. John Stone.
(b) Mr. Samuel Grave.
(c) Mr. Casril Wein.
(d) Mr. Albert Considine

2. Where does the novel take place in Chapter VII?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

3. How does the narrator know where to find Blue's hospital cot?
(a) Blue's note said the room number.
(b) A crowd of people around him.
(c) He asked at the front desk.
(d) The narrator knew the hospital well.

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

5. What kind of school does Blue suggest the narrator start?
(a) A school for ministry.
(b) A school for the blind.
(c) A school for the gifted.
(d) A school of religious art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Blue equates the fights of his day with fighting the plague with what?

2. How does the narrator view Blue's friendships?

3. What worries Blue in Chapter VI?

4. What is the title of the one serious poem written by Blue in Chapter V?

5. According to Blue, all of the following are given by heaven except:

Short Essay Questions

1. What values of Blue's do the eighth, ninth and tenth letters defend?

2. In what letter does Blue describe his view of the end of the world?

3. Could Blue be described as cautious? Which letter speaks to this?

4. Who are the "Spies of God?"

5. What is the first letter about and what does it say about Blue?

6. Would you consider Blue to be a deep thinker?

7. What is the narrator's vocation?

8. How does Blue end up in the hospital?

9. What is the setting of Chapter VI?

10. According to Blue, what is wrong with the written word?

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