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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Miranda doing when Joy tells Philip he is her father?
(a) Skipping rope.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Playing with her dolls.
(d) Dancing.

4. What does Philip give to Joy's children?
(a) Turkish Delight.
(b) Whistles.
(c) Postcards.
(d) Kites.

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

6. Who gets the UNESCO chair?
(a) Rudyard Parkinson.
(b) Morris Zapp.
(c) Arthur Kingfisher.
(d) Siegfried von Turpitz.

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

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

9. In what city does Persse run into Morris Zapp?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) London.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Paris.

10. From whom does Persse borrow $200 to get back to Ireland?
(a) Felix Skinner.
(b) Ronald Frobisher.
(c) Arthu Kingfisher.
(d) Morris Zapp.

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

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

13. Which one of these professors does not speak at "The Function of Criticism" forum?
(a) Michel Tardieu.
(b) Morris Zapp.
(c) Rudyard Parkinson.
(d) Philip Swallow.

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

15. What prevents Persse from boarding Angelica's flight?
(a) No visa.
(b) No seats on the plane.
(c) No way to pay for a ticket.
(d) No passport.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Persse discover that Angelica studied for a year?

3. How many boats do the students in Persse's class get into?

4. What title is "The Strange Affair of the Flesh and the Bosom" a translation of?

5. Whose music does Persse sing at the karaoke bar?

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