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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 does the Salesman sell random useless kitchen equipment to?
(a) William Lee
(b) An American housewife
(c) Carl Peterson
(d) Pat Sajack

2. Whose attention does William struggle to catch at the courthouse?
(a) The Judge
(b) The Persecution
(c) The Jury
(d) The County Clerk

3. In the story about the man replacing real stones with fake ones, who sends the man to jail?
(a) His mother-in-law
(b) A psychiatrist
(c) His wife
(d) A coven of witches

4. In what isolated area is the building in Chapter 16 located?
(a) Pigeon Hole
(b) South End
(c) Westminster
(d) Greenwich Village

5. Who hangs the girl from the theater troupe in the noose?
(a) Peter
(b) Mark
(c) Joe
(d) James

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the patient presented at the conference?

2. What are the boys in the statue about to do?

3. Who argues that nothing Dr. Schafer has done is wrong?

4. What word refers to compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease?

5. Where does the Sailor keep a package of drug paraphernalia at his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Schafer differ from Dr. Benway?

2. What leads to William Lee shooting Hauser and O’Brien?

3. What is the point of the absurdity in “Islam Incorporated and the Parties of Interzone”?

4. How does the setting of “A.J.’s Annual Party” relate to “Hassan’s Rumpus Room”?

5. How is “Fats” Terminal described in “The Algebra of Need”?

6. What is the focus of the courtroom scene in “The Market”?

7. What is William’s case metaphorical of in “The County Clerk”?

8. Why is Carl Peterson called for a doctor’s appointment in “The Examination”? Who sees him?

9. How is A.J. described in “Islam Incorporated and the Parties of Interzone”?

10. What does the Party Leader discuss in “Ordinary Men and Women”?

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