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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does Akbil Borak teach?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Ankara.
(c) Queenstown.
(d) Padua.

2. Where does Persse McGarrigle sleep after returning to Ireland?
(a) In a bus.
(b) In a haystack.
(c) At home.
(d) In a hotel.

3. What is the subject of Philip Swallow's book?
(a) Hazlitt.
(b) Structuralism.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) William Shakespeare.

4. Who telephones Arthur Kingfisher from Berlin?
(a) Michel Tardieu.
(b) Siegfried von Turpitz.
(c) Fulvia Morgana.
(d) Rodney Wainwright.

5. Who is Alice Kauffman?
(a) Desiree's agent.
(b) One of Rodney Wainwright's students.
(c) The author of an article being reviewed by Arthur Kingfisher.
(d) Morris Zapp's publisher.

6. What is the title of the magazine for which Morris serves on the editorial board?
(a) "Textual Striptease."
(b) "Metacriticism."
(c) "Structuralism."
(d) "Zeitgeist."

7. With whom does Frobisher start a fight at the party?
(a) Howard Ringbaum.
(b) Felix Skinner.
(c) Persse McGarrigle.
(d) Rudyard Parkinson.

8. Whom does Felix Skinner call first to give a reader's report on Persse McGarrigle's book about T.S. Eliot and Shakespeare?
(a) Rudyard Parkinson.
(b) Siegfried von Turpitz.
(c) Philip Swallow.
(d) Michel Tardieu.

9. What is the title of the poem that Angelica invites Persse to reenact with her?
(a) "The Eve of St. Agnes."
(b) "The Rape of the Lock."
(c) "Evangeline."
(d) "Christabel."

10. What disrupts the Heathrow terminal while Persse McGarrigle is checking in?
(a) A labor strike.
(b) A large group of schoolchildren on a field trip.
(c) A tourist group of Muslims praying toward Mecca.
(d) A cat escaped from its carrier.

11. What is the name of Michel Tardieu's lover?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Therese.
(c) Solange.
(d) Albert.

12. What is the epilogue to Philip's story?
(a) The entire family died in a plane crash.
(b) The council representative and his wife divorced.
(c) Philips sees the wife every time he visits Italy.
(d) He fathered a child with her.

13. Which of these people does Persse not meet on the top floor of the residence hall?
(a) Rupert Sutcliffe.
(b) Robin Dempsey.
(c) Angelica Pabst.
(d) Philip Swallow.

14. What is the title of Morris' ex-wife's novel?
(a) "Difficult Days."
(b) "The End of Days."
(c) "Day In, Day Out."
(d) "Day by Day."

15. What is Fulvia reading on the plane to Milan?
(a) Philip Swallow's book.
(b) A collection of essays.
(c) A fashion magazine.
(d) A literary journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not one of Morris Zapp's pillars of the "global campus"?

2. What name did Angelica use while stripping in Soho?

3. What does Morris leave the room to get before Philip tells his story?

4. What is the title of Morris Zapp's new book?

5. ELIZA is named after a character in what play?

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