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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in New York did the schoolteacher who is the initial subject of Paul's thesis work?
(a) Queens
(b) Long Island
(c) Staten Island
(d) Westchester

2. How much money does Flan need to convince Geoffrey to loan him at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) $3,000,000
(b) $2,000,000
(c) $1,000,000
(d) $500,000

3. In what city was Sidney Poitier born?
(a) Miami
(b) Brooklyn
(c) Selma
(d) Baltimore

4. What request does Paul make of the Kittredges before leaving?
(a) That they forgive him
(b) That they forget the whole incident
(c) That they not tell his father
(d) That they lend him more money

5. What film option does Flan think may be a nice alternative for Paul's father's movie?
(a) Black and white
(b) Animation
(c) Silent
(d) 3-D

6. When Flan mentions that Geoffrey is from South Africa, Ouisa needles him for sounding how?
(a) Fatalist
(b) Sensational
(c) Portentous
(d) Contentious

7. To what artist's work does Flan compare his children's paintings in the second grade?
(a) Monet
(b) Matisse
(c) Picasso
(d) Pollock

8. In the hypothetical script Paul describes his father receiving, what is Poitier's character's profession?
(a) Lumberjack
(b) School teacher
(c) Astronaut
(d) Politician

9. Who do the Kittredges call after they regain their composure?
(a) Their children
(b) The police
(c) The doorman
(d) Geoffrey

10. Why does Flan need to call his lawyer at the end of this section?
(a) To deal with the South African banks
(b) To inquire after Paul's identity
(c) To arbitrate the purchase of the Cezanne
(d) To assess damage done to the condo

11. Paul is looking at a statue of what in Central Park when he is mugged?
(a) A husky
(b) A priest
(c) An angel
(d) Shakespeare

12. What school does the Kittredges' daughter attend?
(a) Groton
(b) Northwestern
(c) Yale
(d) Smith

13. To what mythological figure does Ouisa compare Geoffrey when she describes him?
(a) Creon
(b) Jason
(c) Theseus
(d) Midas

14. Reveling in the dining options in this section, Geoffrey says that New York is the what of the twentieth century?
(a) Paris
(b) Rome
(c) London
(d) Florence

15. What twentieth century play does Paul quote in his thesis?
(a) Waiting for Godot
(b) House of Blue Leaves
(c) All My Sons
(d) Caucasian Chalk Circle

Short Answer Questions

1. What Andrew Lloyd Webber musical does Paul announce his father will be adapting for the screen?

2. According to Paul, Sidney Poitier lived for a time in a bus station across the street from what?

3. At the beginning of Act 1, what aspect of his state of being does Flan repeatedly mention?

4. Who do Ouisa and Flan address in the first half of this section?

5. Who does Flan stop Geoffrey from calling in this section?

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