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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. In Chapter 19, how long has it been since the government instituted three-day work weeks because of the miners strike?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 10 weeks.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

2. In Chapter 15, what does Tom tip the waiter?
(a) 10 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 20 pounds.

3. What publication in Chapter 20 says that Tom was funded by MI5?
(a) Financial Times.
(b) New Statesman.
(c) Guardian.
(d) Evening Standard.

4. In Chapter 13, where is Max vacationing with his fiancee?
(a) Naxos.
(b) Mazzeo.
(c) Villagonia.
(d) Taormina.

5. What does Serena do for a half an hour on Christmas eve?
(a) Smoke cannabis with her sister and her boyfriend.
(b) Attend the church's midnight service.
(c) Worship Tom.
(d) Talk to her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what does Tom tell Serena after delivering From the Somerset Levels to his publisher?

2. In Chapter 19, after Tom sees Ian Hamilton, where are Serena and Tom to meet?

3. In Chapter 13, how long does Max say that it is rumored that Tony was passing documents to a contact?

4. In Chapter 17, how many pages is From the Somerset Levels?

5. In Chapter 17, how old will Serena be on her next birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, how productive is Tom in January?

2. In Chapter 20, how well is the writing going for Tom's new novel?

3. In Chapter 12 in Haley's short story, who is Sebastian Morel, and what is his family like?

4. At the end of Chapter 14, what do Tom and Serena do after making love?

5. What does Serena think about Tom's story Probable Adultery?

6. At the end of Chapter 15, how does Serena feel about returning to London after a weekend with Tom?

7. At the end of Chapter 12 in Haley's short story, why does Sebastian think that his wife is quite an actress?

8. How does Tom know Shirley Shilling?

9. Why does Max comes to see Serena at the end of Chapter 16?

10. In Chapter 11, what problem keeps Haley awake at night?

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