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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jerry initially order in the hotel bar?
(a) Rye Manhattan.
(b) Old Fashioned.
(c) Whiskey Sour.
(d) Martini.

2. The store to which Irina dispatches Pushkin for sugar is on what street?
(a) Battleship Potemkin.
(b) Povarskaya.
(c) Maxim Gorky.
(d) Tverskaya.

3. In whose memory is the anthology dedicated?
(a) Stokley Porter Towles.
(b) Stuart Bock Towles.
(c) Stephen Pilsner Towles.
(d) Stanley Stout Towles.

4. What is on offer at the bakery where Pushkin initially queues?
(a) Cake.
(b) White bread.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Black bread.

5. At what hotel does Jerry seek to stay?
(a) Lotte.
(b) Baccarat.
(c) Four Seasons.
(d) St. Regis.

6. What brand of whiskey does Smitty purloin?
(a) Jameson.
(b) Jack Daniels.
(c) Crown Royal.
(d) Jim Beam.

7. What brand of phone does Jerry see in use at the airport as he works to reschedule his flight?
(a) Nokia.
(b) Motorola.
(c) Samsung.
(d) Apple.

8. In what year do Pushkin and Irina move to Moscow?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1916.

9. Which of the following writers does Touchett idolize?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) Grey.
(c) Welty.
(d) Porter.

10. Which of the following is Touchett’s roommate?
(a) Tim.
(b) Bob.
(c) Jim.
(d) Dan.

11. Which of the following so-called mystics does “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” cite?
(a) Kong Qiu.
(b) Mencius.
(c) Xunzi.
(d) Lao Tzu.

12. To which of the following is Pushkin compared?
(a) Jared.
(b) Enoch.
(c) Methuselah.
(d) Lamech.

13. To what airport does Jerry mean to fly?
(a) Newark.
(b) National.
(c) Dulles.
(d) JFK.

14. Of which of the following is Jerry reminded by a fellow elevator passenger?
(a) Ms. Starkey.
(b) Mr. Daniels.
(c) Mrs. Peterson.
(d) Dr. Tivy.

15. How does “The Line” gloss the term “mir”?
(a) A failed congregation.
(b) A flaming conflagration.
(c) A farming cooperative.
(d) A framing collective.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brand of phone does Jerry use?

2. In what year does Pushkin start queueing up for others?

3. With which of the following is Petya rewarded for queueing up for others?

4. With what customer service worker does Smitty confer?

5. In what city does Touchett have a grandmother?

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