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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are attending the conference in Rummidge?
(a) 89.
(b) 150.
(c) 57.
(d) 104.

2. What does Akira Sakazaki have planned for after work?
(a) Golf.
(b) Tennis.
(c) A dinner date.
(d) A haircut.

3. What is the subject of Philip Swallow's book?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Structuralism.
(d) Hazlitt.

4. What does Persse attempt to find in the airport?
(a) The chapel.
(b) A shoeshine man.
(c) A working payphone.
(d) Lost and Found.

5. What is causing chaos in Italy when Morris and Fulvia arrive?
(a) An unexpected snowstorm.
(b) A major labor strike.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A power outage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is at Helicon, New Hampshire?

2. What technical difficulty occurs on Philip's flight home?

3. What country did Philip visit on his first lecture tour?

4. What does Hilary bring to Philip in the taxi?

5. What is Cheryl Summerbee's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Robin Dempsey's Centre of Computational Statistics tell Ronald Frobisher about his writing?

2. What is the minor argument between Michel Tardieu and Albert about?

3. How does Cheryl Summerbee keep from getting bored at work?

4. What joke does Angelica play on both Robin Dempsey and Persse?

5. How is Rodney Wainwright attempting to move past his writer's block?

6. What are Morris Zapp's reasons for jogging?

7. Describe the atmosphere Philip sets to tell his story about Joy.

8. Who is Arthur Kingfisher?

9. How does Philip Swallow's first day in Turkey go?

10. What is Desiree doing while Morris Zapp is en route to the Rummidge airport?

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