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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Angelica love?
(a) Persse McGarrigle.
(b) Morris Zapp.
(c) Peter McGarrigle.
(d) Ernesto Morgana.

2. Who asks the final question of the speakers at "The Function of Criticism" forum?
(a) Jacques Textel.
(b) Fulvia Morgana.
(c) Persse McGarrigle.
(d) Angelica Pabst.

3. In which country is soup eaten at every meal?
(a) Korea.
(b) Israel.
(c) Japan.
(d) Mexico.

4. What does Persse do while waiting for the travel agents to set up his rental house?
(a) He sends Morris Zapp a postcard.
(b) He has lunch.
(c) He calls his mother.
(d) He applies for an American Express card.

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

6. On the last night Phillip is in Ankara he attends a reception in whose honor?
(a) A musical quartet.
(b) Philip himself.
(c) A Hollywood actress.
(d) A Nobel prizewinner.

7. What does Persse find of Angelica's in the trash?
(a) Tights that have a hole.
(b) A handwritten to-do list.
(c) An earmarked magazine.
(d) A broken hairbrush.

8. Who is sitting next to Persse in the boat?
(a) Ben Bulben.
(b) Mrs. Finklepearl.
(c) Professor McCreedy.
(d) Mr. Maxwell.

9. Who originally found Angelica and Lily Pabst in the airplane?
(a) Hermann Pabst.
(b) Sybil Maiden.
(c) Arthur Kingfisher.
(d) Philip Swallow.

10. Why does Persse fly to London?
(a) To attend Morris Zapp's conference.
(b) To meet Angelica.
(c) To find Bernadette.
(d) To visit a lawyer.

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

12. How many boats do the students in Persse's class get into?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

13. Who has kidnapped Morris Zapp?
(a) A group of left-wing extremists.
(b) A group of feminists angry about his "Textuality as Striptease" paper.
(c) A rival for the UNESCO chair.
(d) The Mafia.

14. What travel arrangements does Morris hint at for his rather last-minute invitee?
(a) A helicopter tour of Jerusalem.
(b) The Concorde for the transatlantic flight.
(c) A first-class berth on the Queen Elizabeth II to cross the ocean.
(d) First-class train travel across the Middle East.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country does Philip meet up with Joy for a tryst?

3. With whom does Fulvia Morgana have an affair at the Vienna conference?

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

5. Which of these is not mentioned as a hazard of modern travel?

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