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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 return to America?
(a) To buy a new wardrobe for Nicole
(b) To attend his father's funeral
(c) To attend a college reunion
(d) To buy real estate

2. What is the content of the letter?
(a) Notice that Nicole has been cut out of her father's will
(b) Notice that Lanier has been suspended from school
(c) Accusations that Dick seduced a young patient
(d) Facts about an affair Dick had with Beth

3. Where do Dick and Nicole go for dinner?
(a) Monaco
(b) Cannes
(c) Nice
(d) Saint Tropez

4. Where does Dick actually go?
(a) Paris
(b) Munich
(c) Bonn
(d) Moscow

5. Whose money funded the clinic operated by Franz and Dick?
(a) Campion's
(b) Dick's
(c) Nicole's
(d) Beth's

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends a disturbing letter to Nicole?

2. What does Franz suggest for Dick?

3. Over what incident do the Divers offend their hostess, Mary North, and leave her home on bad terms?

4. Why does Beth rouse Clay from his drunken sleep?

5. Who do Nicole and Beth see Dick talking to on the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tragic event that occurs while Dick is in Innsbruck?

2. How does Dick's profession get in the way of his marriage?

3. What happens to Dick at the end of the novel?

4. What is the irony of the Divers intent to ask about other people's happiness?

5. What is so surprising about Dick going to the aid of their friend, Mary North?

6. Describe the situation in which Dick falls into deeper emotional debt to Nicole's family.

7. How does money become a factor in Dick and Nicole's marriage and affect Dick's self esteem?

8. How does Dick behave counter to his feelings about Nicole?

9. What are Nicole's perceptions of Tommy in Book 3, Chapter 6?

10. How is Dick's self-esteem diminished in his work?

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