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

2. Who does Fulvia Morgana meet unexpectedly in the Milan airport?
(a) Ernesto Morgana.
(b) Angelica Pabst.
(c) Morris Zapp.
(d) Sy Gootblatt.

3. What is Joy's job?
(a) A librarian.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A schoolteacher.
(d) A musician.

4. What does Persse do immediately after finding the Blue Heaven?
(a) He goes inside.
(b) He has dinner.
(c) He gets drunk.
(d) He goes to the airport.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The class Persse is tutoring is visiting a site associated with what famous poet?

3. Where is Angelica flying to from Geneva?

4. What author is the subject of the conference Morris Zapp attends in Zurich?

5. Who is sitting next to Persse in the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Persse's experience when he returns to London to find Bernadette?

2. How does Persse end up in a karaoke bar?

3. Describe the James Joyce Pub.

4. Why did Philip never suspect that Joy's second child was his?

5. How does Persse miss the train to Geneva on which Angelica is traveling?

6. What is Joy's explanation for sleeping with Philip when he was in Genoa?

7. What prompts Morris Zapp's release from his kidnappers?

8. What are Morris Zapp's reasons for inviting Arthur Kingfisher to his Jerusalem conference?

9. How does Persse cause a scene at the Amsterdam conference?

10. What are the differences between Waikiki Beach in Hawaii and the beach Persse knows in Connemara, Ireland?

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