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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. Why does Dick suggest they all celebrate the next day?
(a) Armistice Day
(b) Rosemary's 18th birthday
(c) Bastille Day
(d) Fourth of July

2. What does Abe say is the best thing to have?
(a) good cigars
(b) custom suits
(c) sycophants
(d) Napoleonic brandy

3. What does Mr. McKisco swallow before the altercation?
(a) Whiskey
(b) Sleeping pills
(c) Sparkling water
(d) Brandy

4. What does Dick realize about his feelings for Rosemary?
(a) He had better get Rosemary out of his life.
(b) He will spend more time with Nicole.
(c) He will focus more attention on Rosemary.
(d) He has reached a turning point in his life.

5. With whom does Rosemary fall in love?
(a) Dick Diver
(b) Barban
(c) Abe North
(d) Campion

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rosemary's mother?

2. In what city does Rosemary go to the drug store?

3. Who accompanies Nicole when she meets with Dick?

4. Who does Rosemary meet to discuss a movie?

5. What do Dick and Nicole plan for this evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting for the opening of the novel.

2. How does Dick realize that Nicole is mentally unstable?

3. What do Rosemary's thoughts reveal about how she was raised by her mother?

4. What is the symbolism of the sun coming out when Dick kisses Rosemary?

5. Why does Rosemary's view of the Mediterranean change after she meets with film director Earl Brady?

6. What does Fitzgerald mean when he says this about Dick: "he opened the gate to his amusing world. So long as they subscribed to it completely, their happiness was his preoccupation, but at the first flicker of doubt as to its all-inclusiveness he evaporated before their eyes, leaving little communicable memory of what he had said or done."

7. What is the nature of Nicole's mental illness which is mistakenly identified as schizophrenia?

8. How is Dick able to ascertain that Nicole is upset about his continuing attention toward Rosemary?

9. How does Abe's drinking allow him to insult Nicole at the train station?

10. Why does Rosemary not have fun at the party after she analyzes the evening?

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