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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mollie think Philip died?
(a) Because Mollie loved John
(b) Because of his lack of writing success
(c) Because he was an unhappy man
(d) Because of his mental health

2. What is Philip inevitably intending to do because he cannot solve his own problems?
(a) Kill himself
(b) Kill Mollie
(c) Kidnap his son
(d) Run away

3. What will the family remember most about Philip?
(a) His anger and his volatility
(b) His genuis and his angst
(c) His care and his confusion
(d) His love and compassion

4. What is the core reason or feeling why Paris does not go with his father?
(a) True fear
(b) Intuition
(c) Disobedience
(d) Faith

5. What does the covered furniture symbolize?
(a) The ghosts of the past
(b) The future
(c) The need to move on
(d) Philip's death

6. What essentially trigger's Paris to decline his father's offer to leave together?
(a) The color of Philip's face
(b) The tone of Philip's voice
(c) The cold touch of Philip's hand
(d) The feeling in Philip's gut

7. How does Paris feel about his father's irrational behavior?
(a) Anxious
(b) Frustrated
(c) Scared
(d) Worried

8. What does Mother Lovejoy have tremendous distaste for in terms of the expression of emotions?
(a) Confessions in confidence
(b) Casual embraces
(c) Personal affection
(d) Romantic advances

9. What is the story that John tells when relating to Paris's story regarding his father?
(a) A sailor who killed himself
(b) A sailor who kept pulling down John with him
(c) A sailor who was sad
(d) A sailor that drowned himself

10. Who is the only one that can reach Philip?
(a) No one can reach him
(b) Mother Lovejoy
(c) Sister
(d) Mollie

11. How does Mother Lovejoy show that Paris is now the one she will love the most?
(a) By promising him a new father
(b) By promising him a new life
(c) By promising him a new home
(d) By promising him an inheritance

12. What does John believe is the basis for his calculations of all human conditions?
(a) Genius or paralysis
(b) Love or danger
(c) Sin or love
(d) Safety or danger

13. What does Mollie feel the new house will do to the relationship she has with John?
(a) Bring them closer together
(b) Help raise Paris
(c) Provide an easier life
(d) Test their strength

14. What is Mollie the most grateful for after Philip's death?
(a) Her whole extended family
(b) The house and her new life
(c) Paris and John
(d) Mother Lovejoy and Sister

15. What does Philip's desire to get Paris to leave with him stem from?
(a) His ultimate desire to live
(b) Fear of being alone
(c) Fear of going on without Mollie
(d) Pure evil

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mollie in seclusion in her room?

2. In what kind of state is Philip when he recalls his boyhood?

3. What does the color of Philip's face represent?

4. Where are Paris and his mother moving to?

5. What is Philip ultimately seeking as he is making his escape and intending to end his life?

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