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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. How old is Percival in “The DiDomenico Fragment”?
(a) 55.
(b) 60.
(c) 70.
(d) 65.

2. What author had Peggy read?
(a) Woolf.
(b) Austen.
(c) Lanyer.
(d) Brontë.

3. What was the name of Nell’s biological father?
(a) Perry.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Carey.
(d) Harry.

4. What composer’s work are Tommy and his wife set to hear as “The Bootlegger” begins?
(a) Berlioz.
(b) Bach.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Brahms.

5. In what role is Jeremy employed?
(a) Copy-editor.
(b) Ad salesman.
(c) Fact-checker.
(d) Floor-sweeper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What college had Peggy attended?

3. Which of the following does Jeremy note having eagerly read?

4. Which of the following does Jeremy note having eagerly read?

5. What was Fein’s wife named?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Peggy summoned Nell to discuss most recently prior to the beginning of “I Will Survive”?

2. To what does Percival ascribe the decline of appetites with age?

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

4. How does the narrator contrast popular and Classical music?

5. Summarize Percival’s opinion of Madeline Davis.

6. In what does Percival situate the origin of his family’s fortunes?

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

8. What traits does Tommy possess that are helpful professionally but unhelpful personally?

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

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

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