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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. What does Dick resent about Beth?
(a) Her arrogance
(b) Her sense of humor
(c) Her interference
(d) Her cold rich insolence

2. What does Nicole say she learned a lot about in the institution?
(a) Behaviors and motivations
(b) Flowers and poetry
(c) Language and music
(d) Discipline and regulations

3. Tommy tells Dick that he always treats Nicole ______________________________.
(a) as a child
(b) as a patient because she was once sick
(c) as a whore
(d) as a porcelain doll

4. What does Elsie share with Dick?
(a) She had an abortion a few years ago.
(b) Her daughter, Rosemary, is in love with him.
(c) Rosemary is her adopted daughter.
(d) She has had shock treatments.

5. Who does Dick treat in Lausanne?
(a) Francisco
(b) Franz
(c) Friedrich
(d) Frederico

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Dick and Nicole go to get haircuts together?

3. Who does Dick run into while in Naples?

4. What does Franz think about a marriage between Dick and Nicole?

5. Who does Dick see on the boat ride back to Europe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the symbolism of Dick's feelings for the Italians and French?

4. How does Dick encounter Rosemary again?

5. How is Dick's marriage to Nicole compared to a patient's case?

6. What is the perception of homosexuality during this time?

7. What metaphor does Dick use to describe England?

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

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

10. What does Abe North's death represent for Dick?

(see the answer keys)

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