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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the council representative's wife wearing?
(a) One of her husband's T-shirts and blue sweatpants.
(b) A red nightgown and matching robe.
(c) A light blue velour robe.
(d) Pink flannel pajamas.

2. What detail of Morris' life intrigues Fulvia?
(a) That his brother is a famous rock star.
(b) That his ex-wife wrote "Difficult Days."
(c) That he doesn't drink alcohol.
(d) That he is a deconstructionist.

3. What is Fulvia wearing while she and Morris have dinner?
(a) A pair of leggings and one of her husband's shirts.
(b) Her work clothes.
(c) A long white wool robe.
(d) A silk kimono.

4. What technical difficulty occurs on Philip's flight home?
(a) Birds flying into the engine.
(b) A drop in cabin pressure.
(c) An engine fire.
(d) Loss of communication with ground control.

5. What is "ELIZA"?
(a) A sailboat upon which Morris Zapp is holding a conference.
(b) A software program enabling computers to hold conversations.
(c) The name of Robin Dempsey's car.
(d) A new movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Persse McGarrigle sleep after returning to Ireland?

2. Whom does Felix Skinner call first to give a reader's report on Persse McGarrigle's book about T.S. Eliot and Shakespeare?

3. What is Morris reading on the plane to Milan?

4. What disrupts the Heathrow terminal while Persse McGarrigle is checking in?

5. What sound does Lodge use to symbolize all of the traveling that occurs during "conference season"?

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