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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Persse run into at a bar in Lausanne?
(a) Michel Tardieu.
(b) Philip Swallow.
(c) Angelica Pabst.
(d) Morris Zapp.

2. What does "halcyon" mean in Greek?
(a) "Content."
(b) "Kingfisher."
(c) "Warm."
(d) "Wind."

3. Who does Persse meet on the plane to Seoul?
(a) Angelica Pabst.
(b) Song-Mi Lee.
(c) Arthur Kingfisher.
(d) Ronald Frobisher.

4. What literary work is being acted out in Lausanne?
(a) "The Waste Land."
(b) "The Faerie Queene."
(c) "Romeo and Juliet."
(d) "The Eve of St. Agnes."

5. How is Philip traveling out of Ankara?
(a) By bus.
(b) By car.
(c) By plane.
(d) By night train.

6. What literary work is referenced in the prayer Persse had previously hung up in the airport chapel?
(a) "The Waste Land."
(b) "Pamela."
(c) "Orlando Furioso."
(d) "The Faerie Queene."

7. What poet does Philip correctly identify when quoted to him?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Tennyson.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Keats.

8. How does Persse get to the airport from Lausanne?
(a) A bus.
(b) Hitchhiking.
(c) The train.
(d) A taxi.

9. What author is the subject of the conference Morris Zapp attends in Zurich?
(a) Thomas Hardy.
(b) Jane Austen.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) James Joyce.

10. What major part of speech is missing from the Japanese language?
(a) Adverbs.
(b) Articles.
(c) Possessive pronouns.
(d) Prepositions.

11. What is Blue Heaven?
(a) A live sex show.
(b) A bar.
(c) A dance review.
(d) A hotel.

12. Who does ELIZA tell Robin Dempsey will get the UNESCO chair?
(a) Persse McGarrigle.
(b) Philip Swallow.
(c) Robin Dempsey.
(d) Arthur Kingfisher.

13. What is wrong with the plane Persse is on between London and Ireland?
(a) The landing gear won't come down.
(b) Cabin pressure has dropped.
(c) An engine is on fire.
(d) A nosewheel tire has blown out.

14. Whose music does Persse sing at the karaoke bar?
(a) Van Morrison.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) Elton John.

15. With whom does Desiree Zapp have an affair at the Heidelberg conference?
(a) Persse McGarrigle.
(b) Ronald Frobisher.
(c) Rodney Wainwright.
(d) Siegfried von Turpitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Persse first see Angelica?

2. What is the new name of the Club Exotica?

3. Where does Persse McGarrigle run into Miss Sybil Maiden in Hawaii?

4. Who leaks a possible UNESCO chair candidate's name to the "Sunday Times"?

5. What is the name of the holiday celebrated during this Zurich conference on June 16th?

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