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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. On which poet did Persse McGarrigle write his thesis?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) John Keats.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

2. What play did the conferees see performed at the Repertory Theatre?
(a) "Puss in Boots."
(b) "Romeo & Juliet."
(c) "Cinderella."
(d) "King Lear."

3. Who does Skinner's first choice recommend to give a reader's report on McGarrigle's book proposal?
(a) Siegfried von Turpitz.
(b) Philip Swallow.
(c) Michel Tardieu.
(d) Rudyard Parkinson.

4. What is the theory that Persse asks Angelica to explain to him?
(a) Structuralism.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Textualism.

5. What book is Akira Sakazaki translating into Japanese?
(a) "Beyond Criticism."
(b) "Could Try Harder."
(c) "Hazlitt and the Amateur Reader."
(d) "Any Road."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chapel resemble physically?

2. What is Fulvia reading on the plane to Milan?

3. From what disease did Persse suffer during his postgraduate studies?

4. What does Philip Swallow have thrown at him at the medieval banquet?

5. What had Morris Zapp promised to send to Persse McGarrigle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Akira Sakazaki's home.

3. How did Persse get his current job in Limerick?

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

5. How does the Ringbaums' day go after landing in London?

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

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

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

9. Why is Persse's Aunty Nuala not at home when he goes to visit?

10. Who is Arthur Kingfisher?

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