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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. Who is Neptune?
(a) Madame de Broglie's cat.
(b) Manuela's Macaw.
(c) A cat that lives in the alleyway near Renee's work.
(d) Madame de Broglie's dog.

2. What follows on the heels of the statement that Paloma thinks is totally wrong?
(a) Many people agree with the ridiculous statement.
(b) A profound thought.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Paloma tells the speaker how she feels.

3. Who watched Neptune and Athena attempt this?
(a) Paloma.
(b) No one.
(c) Manuela.
(d) Renee.

4. What is one of Renee's favorite movies?
(a) Hunt for Red October.
(b) The Shining.
(c) The Gods Must Be Crazy.
(d) Out of the Blue.

5. At what age is Renee forced to leave school?
(a) 21.
(b) 10.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paloma begin to drink in the morning?

2. What has Renee decided is a fraud?

3. What does Paloma decide to do before she dies?

4. What astounds Renee by a note she receives about some dry cleaning?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Renee's marriage like?

2. What filmmaker has Renee recently been introduced to and which film does she like of his and why?

3. Describe Olympe.

4. What has Renee decided about phenomenology and how does she use Kant to come to this conclusion?

5. What way did Paloma consider suicide and what why does she finally settle upon in her mind?

6. What does Renee say when the son of a tenant in the building says something to Renee about Marx?

7. When and why does Renee's formal education end?

8. What do the Renee's clients believe about concierges and how does Renee try to project their image of the average concierge?

9. What does Paloma think is important to her mother and what does she say about her mother?

10. Who stops to ask Renee something when she and Manuela are talking and what is Renee's feelings about it?

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