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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title is "The Strange Affair of the Flesh and the Bosom" a translation of?
(a) "The Canterbury Tales."
(b) "The Merchant of Venice."
(c) "Madame Bovary."
(d) "Pride and Prejudice."

2. Who owns the Club Exotica?
(a) Pussyville.
(b) Girls Girls Girls.
(c) The Cat's Meow.
(d) Girls Unlimited.

3. What character was Angelica playing in the literary work being enacted in Lausanne?
(a) Madame Sosostris, Clairvoyante.
(b) Eugenides.
(c) The Hyacinth Girl.
(d) Belladonna, the Lady of Situations.

4. What is the name of the holiday celebrated during this Zurich conference on June 16th?
(a) Blossoming Day.
(b) Founder's Day.
(c) Bloomsday.
(d) Swiss Cheese Day.

5. Which of these is not mentioned as a hazard of modern travel?
(a) Air controller strikes.
(b) Hijackings.
(c) The grounding of a type of plane.
(d) Weather delays.

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

7. Who leaks a possible UNESCO chair candidate's name to the "Sunday Times"?
(a) Michel Tardieu.
(b) Jacques Textel.
(c) Robin Dempsey.
(d) Rudyard Parkinson.

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

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

10. Who is revealed as Lily and Angelica's biological father?
(a) Arthur Kingfisher.
(b) Morris Zapp.
(c) Ernesto Morgana.
(d) Rudyard Parkinson.

11. What is Morris Zapp doing when he passes out?
(a) Jogging.
(b) Playing golf.
(c) Playing tennis.
(d) Showering.

12. Whom do Philip and Joy meet while out seeing the sights?
(a) Sybil Maiden.
(b) Desiree Zapp.
(c) Persse McGarrigle.
(d) Morris Zapp.

13. Whom does Persse run into at the penthouse party's buffet?
(a) Akira Sakazaki.
(b) Angelica Pabst.
(c) Ronald Frobisher.
(d) Felix Skinner.

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

15. What is the literal meaning of "karaoke"?
(a) "Empty orchestra."
(b) "Amateur singers."
(c) "Voice projection."
(d) "Wordless music."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the reference on the prayer card tell Persse?

3. What author is the subject of the conference Morris Zapp attends in Zurich?

4. What is the initial ransom demanded for Morris Zapp?

5. What travel arrangements does Morris hint at for his rather last-minute invitee?

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