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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Renee use to further her arguments against the subject she just finished studying?
(a) Sosa.
(b) Greco.
(c) Ferrier.
(d) Kant.

2. Who is Pierre Arthens?
(a) A friend of Manuela.
(b) A friend of Renee.
(c) A friend of Paloma.
(d) A resident in the building where Renee works.

3. To what does Paloma want to set fire?
(a) The family's Rolls.
(b) The family's records.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her family's apartment.

4. What does Renee love to do?
(a) Write.
(b) Listen to classical music.
(c) Sing.
(d) Read.

5. What does Chabrot tell Renee about Maître Arthens?
(a) He is moving.
(b) He is dying.
(c) He is going into the hospital.
(d) He is ill and will be indisposed for a couple weeks.

6. For how long has Renee worked in one place?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 20 years.

7. What has Renee decided is a fraud?
(a) Heuristics.
(b) Phenomenology.
(c) Semantics.
(d) Linguistics.

8. What does Paloma notice about one of the players?
(a) He is exceedingly tall.
(b) He seems to move without motion.
(c) He is lame.
(d) He moves with no grace at all.

9. Who is Manuela?
(a) Renee's friend.
(b) Paloma's friend.
(c) A maid in a motel.
(d) The concierge in the building where Paloma lives.

10. What does Renee do when she leaves school?
(a) Works where she is working now.
(b) Works on the family farm.
(c) Trains as a vet assistant.
(d) Gets married.

11. How old is Paloma Josse?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

12. How does Renee see Manuela in Manuela's current station in life?
(a) As thinking Manuela is better than she is.
(b) As too refined.
(c) As a perfect fit.
(d) As thinking Manuela is less refined than Manuela pretends.

13. What did Arthens' son once ask Renee?
(a) Why she would work there when she was so smart.
(b) The name of some flowers.
(c) Where he could buy some cocaine.
(d) The name of her cat.

14. What does Renee remember about Arthens' son?
(a) He was kind.
(b) He was spoiled.
(c) He was cruel.
(d) He was very intelligent.

15. What does Paloma decide to do before she dies?
(a) Refuse to do what her father asks of her.
(b) Meet an intelligent poor person.
(c) Play rugby.
(d) To seek out the movements she observes in the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paloma think is the only thing important to her mother?

2. Which of Tolstoy's books does Renee love in particular?

3. What is one way Renee plays to her clients' prejudice?

4. What do Renee's clients believe in common?

5. What does Renee think will cause the young man to forget she said anything about Marx?

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