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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose latest book is Rudyard Parkinson reviewing?
(a) Ronald Frobisher's.
(b) Arthur Kingfisher's.
(c) Philip Swallow's.
(d) Morris Zapp's.

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

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

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

5. What name did Angelica use while stripping in Soho?
(a) Lily.
(b) Rose.
(c) Petunia.
(d) Violet.

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

7. On which poet did Persse McGarrigle write his thesis?
(a) John Keats.
(b) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

8. What was the name of the British Council representative's wife?
(a) Hilary.
(b) Desiree.
(c) Angelica.
(d) Joy.

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

10. What has Persse written in the snow?
(a) "A.L. + P.M."
(b) "Marry me."
(c) "Angelica."
(d) "I love you."

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

12. What is Hilary wearing at the end of Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) A light blue velour robe.
(b) One of her husband's T-shirts and blue sweatpants.
(c) Pink flannel pajamas.
(d) A red nightgown and matching robe.

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

14. In what country does Fulvia Morgana teach?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Italy.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom have the Ringbaums tagged along to the prizegiving party?

2. What do Philip and Morris drink as a nightcap?

3. Why did Frobisher travel to Darlington?

4. Where did Philip's plane make an emergency landing?

5. What is at Helicon, New Hampshire?

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