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

2. Next to what are Tommy and his wife seated before their first concert at Carnegie Hall?
(a) Demijohns.
(b) Ampullae.
(c) Samovars.
(d) Ossuaries.

3. Which of the following is among the Seven Joys?
(a) Exaltation.
(b) Resurrection.
(c) Nuptials.
(d) Inhumation.

4. At which of the following had Percival worked?
(a) Christie’s.
(b) Sotheby’s.
(c) Grogan & Company.
(d) Hall and Hall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the DiDomenico fragment depict?

2. What is the name of the manager at Carnegie Hall?

3. What college did Reese attend?

4. Which of the following does the narrator invoke in her rumination on Classical music?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Percival get into clubs of which he is not a member?

2. What are the initial partitions of the DiDomenico painting into fragments?

3. Why does Jeremy recommend against wearing a Mets cap when surveilling others?

4. What does the narrator of “The Bootlegger” note would be her preferred downtime activity?

5. Why does Fein record concerts at Carnegie Hall?

6. Why does the narrator agree to go to Carnegie Hall with Tommy?

7. Why does Nell initially laugh off Peggy’s suspicions?

8. How does Tommy get seats at Carnegie Hall?

9. How does Tommy react to the arrival of Fein at the beginning of “The Bootlegger”?

10. Why, per Percival, are there few DiDomenico paintings?

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