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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What agency’s stamp is in the shape of St. Basil’s?
(a) Currency and Commerce.
(b) Internal Affairs.
(c) Revolutionary Orthodoxy.
(d) Expatriate Affairs.

2. When does Irina first learn Communist doctrine?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1915.

3. Which of the following author’s signatures does Touchett copy idly?
(a) Woolf.
(b) Fitzgerald.
(c) Capote.
(d) Stein.

4. What book is Touchett reading as “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” begins?
(a) Collected Essays.
(b) Collected Stories.
(c) Retrospection.
(d) Collected Letters.

5. Which of the following does Jerry pack as he travels?
(a) Aspercreme.
(b) Benadryl.
(c) Advil.
(d) Tylenol.

6. Which of the following authors’ signatures does Touchett forge?
(a) Chandler.
(b) Hammett.
(c) Hellmann.
(d) Macondald.

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

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

9. What story does Pennybrook note shows up in Touchett’s calligraphic work?
(a) “Gilden-tree.”
(b) “Big Tow-Hearted River Part I.”
(c) “Little Heartless Creek.”
(d) “Big Two-Hearted River Part II.”

10. How is Pushkin initially rewarded for queuing up for others?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Beans.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Candy.

11. How does “Hasta Luego” gloss its eponymous phrase?
(a) “Until we meet again.”
(b) "See you later."
(c) “Until tomorrow.”
(d) “Until you suffer a hernia.”

12. How much is Touchett paid for his first calligraphic efforts for Pennybrook?
(a) $100.
(b) $500.
(c) $50.
(d) $250.

13. From what city does a retired couple rescheduling their flight come?
(a) Iowa City.
(b) Cedar Rapids.
(c) Dubuque.
(d) Des Moines.

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

15. From what city is Touchett?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Albany.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rooms does the cottage boast in which Pushkin and Irina lived?

2. Which of the following writers does Touchett idolize?

3. With what customer service worker does Smitty confer?

4. In what Moscow district do Irina and Pushkin initially take up residence?

5. To which of the following does Smitty introduce Jerry?

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