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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the conference on the Future of Criticism being held?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Monte Carlo.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) San Francisco.

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

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

4. What does Hilary bring to Philip in the taxi?
(a) A love note.
(b) His passport.
(c) His clean underwear and socks.
(d) A cup of coffee.

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

6. Which author's works is Akbil Borak trying to finish?
(a) Ronald Frobisher's.
(b) William Hazlitt's.
(c) William Shakespeare's.
(d) Arthur Kingfisher's.

7. ELIZA is named after a character in what play?
(a) "The Cherry Orchard."
(b) "Our Town."
(c) "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
(d) "Pygmalion."

8. What does the British Council representative advise Philip Swallow to take with him?
(a) Sugar.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) Pepper.
(d) Toilet paper.

9. What had Morris Zapp promised to send to Persse McGarrigle?
(a) A box of cigars.
(b) An invitation to his conference.
(c) His deerstalker hat.
(d) A copy of his book.

10. What does Felix Skinner find in the basement storeroom of his publishing house?
(a) Mice.
(b) Philip Swallow's unsent books.
(c) A bottle of brandy.
(d) A first edition of Charles Dickens' "Hard Times."

11. What author was Morris Zapp's specialty?
(a) Jane Austen.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Emily Bronte.

12. Who makes the announcement of an emergency landing to the passengers?
(a) The pilot.
(b) A flight attendant.
(c) A prerecorded cassette.
(d) A doctor who is flying as a passenger.

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

14. What does Persse go into town to buy?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Toothpaste.
(d) Condoms.

15. What does Philip give to Morris after telling him his secret story?
(a) A check to repay borrowed money.
(b) A photograph from years ago.
(c) A copy of his book.
(d) A box of cigars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the wall of the chapel's vestibule?

2. What is the epilogue to Philip's story?

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

4. Why did Frobisher travel to Darlington?

5. From what disease did Persse suffer during his postgraduate studies?

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