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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wilhelm sign that would give Tamkin the authority to speculate with his money?
(a) A power of attorney.
(b) A power of business partner.
(c) A power of investor.
(d) He refused to sign anything.

2. What do Wilhelm and Tamkin do instead of going over to the market?
(a) They go to the movies.
(b) They go to swim in the hotel's pool.
(c) They sit down and have coffee and breakfast.
(d) They go to the news stand to catch up on current events.

3. According to Tamkin, who had once been "the Rockefeller of the chicken business and had retired with a large fortune"?
(a) Mr. Perls.
(b) Dr. Adler.
(c) Tamkin.
(d) Mr. Rappaport.

4. While looking through Tamkin's things in Chapter 7, Wilhelm is interrupted by someone. Who is it?
(a) Mr. Perls.
(b) The hotel housekeeper.
(c) Dr. Adler.
(d) Someone's pet dog.

5. Why does Margaret call Wilhelm at the hotel?
(a) Because she wants him to come home.
(b) Because his sons want to talk to him.
(c) Because he sent her a postdated check and she wants a new one.
(d) Because she found a poem she wants him to hear.

6. How much does Wilhelm say he needs to get by for his wife and two boys per year?
(a) Fifty grand.
(b) Fifteen grand.
(c) A hundred grand.
(d) Ten grand.

7. In contrast to Dr. Adler, what about Tamkin is appealing?
(a) He will happily go see Dodger games with Wilhelm and his sons.
(b) He will give Wilhelm money if he needs it.
(c) He doesn't tell Wilhelm to stop using drugs.
(d) He is always understanding of Wilhelm's problems.

8. Who claims to treat his friends without being paid?
(a) Tamkin.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Mr. Perls.
(d) Dr. Adler.

9. Why did Wilhelm really leave his job?
(a) He wanted to spend more time with his family.
(b) He bragged he would be an officer and was passed over for a son-in-law.
(c) He was embezzling funds from the company and didn't want to be caught.
(d) He wanted to retire.

10. While on the phone with Margaret, what does Wilhelm hear in the background that tells him everything is okay?
(a) Car horns blaring.
(b) Silence.
(c) His sons laughing.
(d) The dog barking.

11. Why can't Wilhelm figure Tamkin out?
(a) Because he doesn't know how to form his own opinion.
(b) Because he wants to believe him but the gossip is compelling.
(c) Because Tamkin won't speak to him.
(d) He isn't trying to figure him out at all.

12. What is the purpose of Tamkin's "Here-and-now" exercise?
(a) To cut down on confusion and stop you from thinking about the past.
(b) To stop from hyper-ventilating.
(c) To have a vision of what stock to invest in.
(d) To pass the time when bored.

13. Wilhelm realizes that the name for his true soul may be which name given to him by his grandfather?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Velvel.
(c) Valor.
(d) Wilky.

14. When Wilhelm needs peace and quiet, where does he go in his mind?
(a) To the house where he grew up.
(b) To the house where his sons live.
(c) To his house in Roxbury.
(d) To the pool at the Hotel Gloriana.

15. When Wilhelm and Tamkin go to the market, what state is Wilhelm in?
(a) Panic.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Relaxation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wilhelm recalls being sick with the flu. What did he ask Margaret to do for him while he was sick?

2. Which character remains "unbending, remorselessly unbending" at the end of Chapter 7?

3. What does Wilhelm find Dr. Adler doing in Chapter 7?

4. Why is Wilhelm annoyed by Tamkin's story about his patient?

5. Who says, "...as a salesman you are basically an artist type. the seller is in the visionary sphere of the business function. And then you're an actor, too."

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