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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the reference on the prayer card tell Persse?
(a) Angelica is married.
(b) Angelica has died.
(c) Angelica is in the United States.
(d) Angelica has a twin sister.

2. What is the initial ransom demanded for Morris Zapp?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $250,000.
(c) $500,000.
(d) $100,000.

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

4. Where does Persse discover that Angelica studied for a year?
(a) Harvard.
(b) The Sorbonne.
(c) University College, Dublin.
(d) Oxford.

5. Who does Fulvia Morgana meet unexpectedly in the Milan airport?
(a) Angelica Pabst.
(b) Ernesto Morgana.
(c) Morris Zapp.
(d) Sy Gootblatt.

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

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

8. What character is Mr. Maxwell connected to?
(a) Hilary Swallow.
(b) Bernadette McGarrigle.
(c) Angelica Pabst.
(d) Morris Zapp.

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

10. In which country is it "not necessary" to tip taxi drivers?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Japan.
(c) Norway.
(d) Israel.

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

12. Why does the young prostitute at #13 tell Persse Angelica/Lily was at her house?
(a) To borrow a dress.
(b) To clean the house.
(c) To work as a prostitute.
(d) To babysit.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the last night Phillip is in Ankara he attends a reception in whose honor?

2. Where is Philip Swallow headed to from Ankara?

3. What is Morris Zapp doing when he passes out?

4. What does Philip give to Joy's children?

5. What prevents Persse from boarding Angelica's flight?

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