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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Angelica found as a baby?
(a) On her parents' doorstep.
(b) In a hospital emergency room.
(c) In an airplane bathroom.
(d) In a dumpster.

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

3. What country did Philip visit on his first lecture tour?
(a) The United States.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. In what city does Persse teach?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Cork.
(c) Galway.
(d) Limerick.

5. What club does Howard Ringbaum desperately want to join?
(a) MENSA.
(b) The National Rifle Association.
(c) The Order of Elks.
(d) The Mile High Club.

6. What play did the conferees originally buy tickets to see?
(a) "Our Town."
(b) "Romeo & Juliet."
(c) "King Lear."
(d) "A Streetcar Named Desire."

7. What is Persse drinking at the Royal Academy of Literature's prizegiving party?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Water.
(c) White wine.
(d) Guinness.

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

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

10. What is the theory that Persse asks Angelica to explain to him?
(a) Textualism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Structuralism.
(d) Existentialism.

11. With what country is Frobisher doing a radio interview after the prizegiving party?
(a) The United States.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Japan.
(d) Australia.

12. What drug does Song-Mi Lee give Arthur Kingfisher?
(a) Opium.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Marijuana.

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

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

15. What is the name of Morris Zapp's ex-wife?
(a) Angelica.
(b) Desiree.
(c) Joy.
(d) Hilary.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does Fulvia Morgana teach?

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

3. Why did Frobisher travel to Darlington?

4. With whom does Frobisher start a fight at the party?

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

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