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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. What is the title of the magazine for which Morris serves on the editorial board?
(a) "Zeitgeist."
(b) "Textual Striptease."
(c) "Structuralism."
(d) "Metacriticism."

2. What does "McGarrigle" mean in Irish?
(a) "Son of Handsomeness."
(b) "Son of a Farmer."
(c) "Son of Super-valour."
(d) "Son of a Blacksmith."

3. What country did Philip visit on his first lecture tour?
(a) France.
(b) Ireland.
(c) The United States.
(d) Italy.

4. What is Fulvia reading on the plane to Milan?
(a) A literary journal.
(b) A collection of essays.
(c) Philip Swallow's book.
(d) A fashion magazine.

5. Which author's works is Akbil Borak trying to finish?
(a) Arthur Kingfisher's.
(b) William Shakespeare's.
(c) William Hazlitt's.
(d) Ronald Frobisher's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of Philip Swallow's book?

2. What is Hilary wearing at the end of Part I, Chapter 2?

3. What does Persse tell Frobisher that he will spend his prize money on?

4. What book is Akira Sakazaki translating into Japanese?

5. What is Ronald Frobisher watching on television when he falls asleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Joy as Philip first saw her.

2. What is Miss Sybil Maiden's overarching theory about literature?

3. Why is Morris Zapp so hesitant to accept Fulvia's advances?

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

5. Why is Dr. Akbil Borak reading the entire "Collected Works of William Hazlitt"?

6. What did Philip think about in the twenty minutes the damaged plane spent circling Genoa?

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

8. How does Fulvia Morgana reconcile her Marxist philosophy with her wealthy lifestyle?

9. What is the content of Desiree Zapp's conversation with her agent?

10. Describe Akira Sakazaki's home.

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