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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Angelica have an inverted comma-shaped birthmark?
(a) On her thigh.
(b) On her back.
(c) On her foot.
(d) On her arm.

4. Who does Morris Zapp invite to his Jerusalem conference via letter?
(a) Fulvia Morgana.
(b) Arthur Kingfisher.
(c) Siegfried von Turpitz.
(d) Persse McGarrigle.

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

6. What does one of the flight attendants try to recite into the microphone on Persse's flight into Ireland?
(a) The Act of Contrition.
(b) The 23rd Psalm.
(c) The Lord's Prayer.
(d) The Hail Mary.

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

8. What sound does Lodge use to symbolize all of the traveling that occurs during "conference season"?
(a) "Whoosh!"
(b) "Zzzzz."
(c) "Whee!"
(d) "Beep-beep!"

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

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

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

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

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

14. With whom does Fulvia Morgana have an affair at the Vienna conference?
(a) Ronald Frobisher.
(b) Morris Zapp.
(c) Sy Gootblatt.
(d) Rodney Wainwright.

15. What excuse does Joy use to leave Ankara early?
(a) Her son is sick.
(b) Her aunt has died.
(c) A friend was in a serious accident.
(d) A problem with her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary work is referenced in the prayer Persse had previously hung up in the airport chapel?

2. What is Miranda doing when Joy tells Philip he is her father?

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

4. In what decade's fashions are the people of Lausanne dressed?

5. What is the literal meaning of "karaoke"?

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