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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What career did Wilhelm's mother encourage him to try?
(a) Investment banking.
(b) Psychiatry.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Acting.

2. What floor does Mr. Perls live on in the hotel?
(a) The 23rd floor.
(b) The 14th floor.
(c) The 15th floor.
(d) Mr. Perls is just visiting the hotel.

3. Who pressured Maurice Venice to give Wilhelm a shot at Hollywood?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Wilhelm's mother.
(d) Dr. Adler.

4. What does Wilhelm think of Mr. Perls?
(a) He thinks Mr. Perls is a wonderful old man.
(b) He thinks Mr. Perls is very wise.
(c) He dislikes Mr. Perls because he is very rude.
(d) He finds his look repulsive and resents his presence at breakfast.

5. Why does Wilhelm trust Tamkin?
(a) Because he listens sympathetically to Wilhelm's problems and tries to help.
(b) Because Tamkin is famous.
(c) Because Dr. Adler trusts Tamkin.
(d) Because they have mutual friends.

6. What approach does Dr. Tamkin convince Wilhelm to use in the stock market?
(a) A logical approach.
(b) A statistical approach.
(c) An historical approach.
(d) A psychological approach.

7. What two items help Wilhelm to conceal what he's feeling?
(a) His cigar and his hat.
(b) His suit and his watch.
(c) His hat and his gloves.
(d) His vest and his hat.

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

9. What meal do Wilhelm and his father share almost every day?
(a) High tea.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Breakfast.

10. What does Wilhelm's own son call him?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) A bear.
(c) A hummuspotamus.
(d) A humboldt.

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

12. What does Maurice Venice turn out to be?
(a) A crook.
(b) A saint.
(c) A good friend to Wilhelm.
(d) The best in the business.

13. Where does Dr. Adler think Wilhelm should be living?
(a) In his own apartment in the city.
(b) At home with his sons.
(c) In his old house in Roxbury.
(d) Right where he is - in the hotel.

14. Why couldn't Wilhelm marry his girlfriend in Roxbury?
(a) Because he didn't make enough money.
(b) Because he wasn't divorced.
(c) Because he didn't want anybody on his back.
(d) Because she didn't love him.

15. What does Margaret want Wilhelm to pay for in regard to their sons?
(a) Soccer lessons.
(b) Education insurance policies her mother had taken out on the boys before she died.
(c) Private school.
(d) Clothes for school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps Wilhelm from letting his father have it?

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

3. How does Dr. Adler feel about Wilhelm?

4. Dr. Adler loves to brag about his son's career as a sales executive and corresponding salary. How does he describe his son's salary?

5. What does Wilhelm eat after Mr. Perls leaves?

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