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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philip Swallow have thrown at him at the medieval banquet?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Chocolate coins.
(d) Dinner rolls.

2. What does "McGarrigle" mean in Irish?
(a) "Son of a Farmer."
(b) "Son of a Blacksmith."
(c) "Son of Handsomeness."
(d) "Son of Super-valour."

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

4. What sound does Lodge use to symbolize all of the traveling that occurs during "conference season"?
(a) "Whoosh!"
(b) "Beep-beep!"
(c) "Zzzzz."
(d) "Whee!"

5. Who is mentioned in a newspaper cutting sent to Morris Zapp as a possible UNESCO chair?
(a) Michel Tardieu.
(b) Siegfried von Turpitz.
(c) Ronald Frobisher.
(d) Philip Swallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "ELIZA"?

2. In what country does Philip meet up with Joy for a tryst?

3. What has Persse written in the snow?

4. Why does the young prostitute at #13 tell Persse Angelica/Lily was at her house?

5. What is Cheryl Summerbee's job?

(see the answer key)

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