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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 has Persse written in the snow?
(a) "Marry me."
(b) "A.L. + P.M."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "Angelica."

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

3. In what city does Persse teach?
(a) Galway.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Limerick.
(d) Cork.

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

5. What technical difficulty occurs on Philip's flight home?
(a) An engine fire.
(b) Birds flying into the engine.
(c) A drop in cabin pressure.
(d) Loss of communication with ground control.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Angelica use while stripping in Soho?

2. What does Robin Dempsey tell Frobisher is his most-used word?

3. In what city does Akbil Borak teach?

4. What was the council representative's wife wearing?

5. Who telephones Arthur Kingfisher from Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What two letters from London are awaiting Persse McGarrigle when he returns to Limerick?

3. What is Morris' advice to Philip regarding his conference?

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

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

6. What are Rudyard Parkinson's passions?

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

8. What personal story does Robin Dempsey tell Persse at the sherry reception?

9. Why does Ronald Frobisher hold such a grudge against Rudyard Parkinson?

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

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