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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. What does Wilhelm eat after Mr. Perls leaves?
(a) His own plate.
(b) He doesn't eat anything.
(c) He orders more food.
(d) All the food left on the table.

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

3. Why doesn't Wilhelm have enough money for rent?
(a) Because he's losing it all playing games of gin.
(b) Because he's buying clothes that are too expensive.
(c) Because he's spent it on psychology sessions with Dr. Tamkin.
(d) Because he's invested it in the stock market.

4. Which character thinks, ""I am an idiot. I have no reserve."
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Mr. Perls.
(c) Rubin.
(d) Dr. Adler.

5. When did Wilhelm leave college to go to Hollywood?
(a) In his senior year.
(b) In his junior year.
(c) In his freshman year.
(d) In his sophomore year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilhelm expect from his father that he can't seem to get?

2. What two items help Wilhelm to conceal what he's feeling?

3. Why is Wilhelm not divorced from Margaret?

4. What stage name does Wilhelm Adler take on when he arrives in Hollywood?

5. What career did Wilhelm have that helped him conceal his troubles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Instead of using Tamkin's here-and-now exercise, what does Wilhelm close his eyes and hear?

2. What is the main reason that Wilhelm begins to cry at the funeral in Chapter 7? Why does he continue?

3. Name some of Wilhelm's bad habits that his father cannot stand.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Wilhelm and Dr. Adler have a conversation about Wilhelm's mother. What do they talk about?

5. What strikes Wilhelm most about the dead man?

6. In Chapter 4, what is the reason that Tamkin cannot invest as much money in the stock market as Wilhelm?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 4, Wilhelm yells to himself, "Ass! Idiot! Wild boar! Dumb mule! Slave! Lousy, wallowing hippopotamus!" Which character is he talking about? How do you know that?

8. What does Wilhelm notice about Tamkin's clothes in Chapter 5?

9. In Chapter 7, what is odd about Wilhelm's sobbing at a funeral?

10. What is the one item that Wilhelm tells Dr. Adler he wanted most when he left Margaret and why?

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