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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what price had Bond bought a van Gogh painting?
(a) $54 billion.
(b) $5.4 million.
(c) $54 million.
(d) $54 thousand.

2. What pianist initially prompts Tommy to attend concerts at Carnegie Hall?
(a) Kissin.
(b) Argerich.
(c) Levine.
(d) Ashkenazy.

3. What was Fein’s wife named?
(a) Selina.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Kathy.

4. Which of the following does Percival eat with Peter and his family?
(a) Chayote squash.
(b) Beef bourguignon
(c) Durian.
(d) Brussels sprouts.

5. Which of the following concert series are advertised to Tommy?
(a) Masters.
(b) New Music.
(c) Pops.
(d) Virtuosos.

6. Which of the following does the narrator invoke in her rumination on Classical music?
(a) Dean Martin.
(b) Frank Sinatra.
(c) Peter Lawford.
(d) Sammy Davis, Jr.

7. In which city did the man live to whom Percival had sold his fragment?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Austin.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Houston.

8. What is the name of Fein’s doorman?
(a) Kerr.
(b) Hobb.
(c) Donaldson.
(d) Martin.

9. Which of the following does Jeremy note having eagerly read?
(a) Pilsner.
(b) Stout.
(c) Bock.
(d) Porter.

10. On what street does Peggy live?
(a) 83rd.
(b) 85th.
(c) 84th.
(d) 82nd.

11. In what state had Nell’s biological father had a summer house?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Maine.

12. Which of the following does Percival note dines at La Maison?
(a) Leon de Coeur.
(b) Lionel Cornell.
(c) Lawrence Lightman.
(d) Lester del Rey.

13. Which of the following concert series are advertised to Tommy?
(a) Clarinet Concertos.
(b) Piano Concertos.
(c) Cello Concertos.
(d) Violin Concertos.

14. In what year do Tommy and his wife begin to attend concerts at Carnegie Hall?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1995.

15. What college had Tommy attended?
(a) Yale.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Fordham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ellie Houghton have her engagement party?

2. To what collection does Percival first take Lucas?

3. What is the name of Peggy’s doorman?

4. What works are Tommy and his wife set to hear as “The Bootlegger” begins?

5. What does the DiDomenico fragment depict?

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