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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Morris leave the room to get before Philip tells his story?
(a) His sweater.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A notepad.

2. What do Philip and Morris drink as a nightcap?
(a) Chianti.
(b) Beer.
(c) Whisky.
(d) Vodka.

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

4. What is Cheryl Summerbee's job?
(a) Check-in clerk at the airport.
(b) Taxi driver.
(c) Luggage handler at the airport.
(d) Stewardess.

5. In whose room does Persse hide in a wardrobe?
(a) Robin Dempsey's.
(b) Morris Zapp's.
(c) Sybil Maiden's.
(d) Angelica Pabst's.

6. What is the title of Desiree's book?
(a) "Men."
(b) "Frailty Thy Name is Man."
(c) "No Fury Like a Man Scorned."
(d) "What Does a Man Want?"

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

8. What evidence does Hilary Swallow have of her husband's cheating?
(a) A photograph.
(b) Love letters.
(c) A recorded phone call.
(d) An examination booklet.

9. What play did the conferees see performed at the Repertory Theatre?
(a) "Cinderella."
(b) "King Lear."
(c) "Puss in Boots."
(d) "Romeo & Juliet."

10. What is Ronald Frobisher watching on television when he falls asleep?
(a) The news.
(b) A made-for-TV miniseries.
(c) Cartoons.
(d) A police thriller series.

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

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

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

14. What is the title of Morris Zapp's new book?
(a) "Beyond Criticism."
(b) "Metacriticism."
(c) "Lenin and Philosophy."
(d) "Could Try Harder."

15. What is the name of the business on the reverse side of the prayer card Persse reads?
(a) Girls Unlimited.
(b) Dancing Queens.
(c) Sophisticated Ladies.
(d) Chamber Maids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hilary bring to Philip in the taxi?

2. Who telephones Arthur Kingfisher from Berlin?

3. What does Persse tell Frobisher that he will spend his prize money on?

4. What does the chapel resemble physically?

5. What type of car does Siegfried von Turpitz drive?

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