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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the hotel where Wilhelm and Dr. Adler stay?
(a) Hotel Ansonia.
(b) Hotel Glorious.
(c) The Waldorf Hotel.
(d) Hotel Gloriana.

2. What is the name of Wilhelm's dog?
(a) Scissors.
(b) Simmons.
(c) Spot.
(d) Mittens.

3. What does Wilhelm drink for breakfast?
(a) Coca Cola.
(b) Orange juice.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Water.

4. What does Dr. Adler think about Wilhelm and Margaret?
(a) He thinks Wilhelm should kidnap his sons and run away.
(b) He thinks Wilhelm and Margaret should renew their vows.
(c) He thinks Wilhelm should move back in.
(d) He thinks Wilhelm should stop giving her so much money.

5. What product did Wilhelm's company make?
(a) Children's furniture.
(b) Children's books.
(c) Children's toys.
(d) Children's watches.

6. What does Dr. Adler feel that Margaret is doing?
(a) He feels she's being perfectly reasonable in her demands.
(b) He feels that she's reaching out to Wilhelm in a loving way.
(c) He doesn't think about her at all.
(d) He feels she's making unreasonable demands on Wilhelm so he'll come back to her.

7. Who cautions Wilhelm against trusting Dr. Tamkin?
(a) Maurice Venice.
(b) Rubin.
(c) Dr. Adler.
(d) Mr. Perls.

8. Although Wilhelm did not graduate from college, he sometimes lies and says he attended which institution?
(a) University of Pennsylvania.
(b) Mississippi State University.
(c) Pennsylvania State University.
(d) Harvard University.

9. Does Wilhelm consider himself a good conversationalist?
(a) Yes, but not with his father.
(b) No he does not.
(c) He doesn't really like to talk.
(d) Yes, especially with his father.

10. How does Dr. Adler feel about Wilhelm?
(a) He feels he is not really his son.
(b) He feels that Wilhelm is beyond the point of fixing anything in his life.
(c) He feels he should have been a psychiatrist.
(d) He feels he makes too much of his problems.

11. What are Wilhelm and Tamkin doing together at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Speculating in the market.
(b) Taking a swim in the pool.
(c) Going to the movies.
(d) Writing a screenplay.

12. When defending his drugs because they give him a boost against certain things, Wilhelm stops just short of what word?
(a) Misery.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Jubilation.
(d) Happiness.

13. What does Wilhelm compare himself to when he sees his reflection in the glass?
(a) A manatee.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) A hippopotamus.

14. How do Rubin and Wilhelm know each other?
(a) They are both staying at the hotel.
(b) A nightly game of gin.
(c) They met on the street.
(d) Their fathers are cousins.

15. What does Wilhelm whine about during breakfast with Dr. Adler and Mr. Perls?
(a) That his wife will not divorce him.
(b) That his breakfast is cold.
(c) That he has no money.
(d) Being passed over for a promotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which speech impediment is exaggerated whenever Wilhelm speaks with his dad?

2. Who said, "Well, Wilky, here we are under the same roof again, after all these years"?

3. What was Dr. Adler's former career?

4. Who pressured Maurice Venice to give Wilhelm a shot at Hollywood?

5. Who does Dr. Adler always boast about to his friends?

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