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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Libor tell Julian to go ahead and do?
(a) Move to Germany.
(b) Be a Jew.
(c) Find a wife.
(d) See if he wants to marry one of his sons' mothers.

2. What must Libor promise if he goes to Sam's place for Chinese food?
(a) To bring a date.
(b) To bring some of his vintage wine.
(c) Not to talk about Israel.
(d) Not to talk about Malkie.

3. With whom might Julian move in?
(a) No one.
(b) Hephzibah.
(c) Suzanne.
(d) Judith.

4. Who is Kimberley?
(a) A German.
(b) An Italian.
(c) An American.
(d) A Russian.

5. To whom does the gypsy woman predict something bad would happen?
(a) She does not know if it's Julian or the woman.
(b) The gypsy woman does not say something bad will happen.
(c) Just to Julian.
(d) Just to the woman.

6. What left Sam more angry than sad?
(a) The premature death of Tyler.
(b) That Tyler got sick and died so quickly.
(c) That Malkie did not say anything of her feelings to Libor.
(d) That his son's death was so senseless.

7. Who is Malkie?
(a) Julian's ex-wife.
(b) Sam's current wife.
(c) Libor's deceased wife.
(d) Libor's Maltese dog.

8. What does Kimberley give Julian?
(a) Her card in case he is ever in Los Angeles.
(b) A poem she wrote when she was twelve.
(c) Advice about the mugging.
(d) A black eye on the other eye.

9. What does Julian wonder about his sons?
(a) If they really want to be in Paris with him.
(b) If his sons scorn him.
(c) If they are anti-Semites.
(d) If they would have rather gone to Italy.

10. What does Julian yell when he is tapped?
(a) Stop.
(b) Help.
(c) Tyler.
(d) Judith.

11. Who are Alfredo and Rodolfo?
(a) The next-door neighbors.
(b) Julian's two sons.
(c) Julian's two partners in the law firm.
(d) Julian's two brothers.

12. What are Julian's sons doing just as someone is tapping Julian on the shoulder?
(a) Paying for dinner with their mothers.
(b) Sitting in classes at different colleges.
(c) Playing cricket on opposing teams.
(d) Playing soccer on opposing teams.

13. What does Julian not understand about his friend Libor?
(a) How Libor survives the death of his wife.
(b) Why Libor does not get rid of his deceased wife's things.
(c) Why Libor will not remarry.
(d) Why Libor has decided to emmigrate to the United States.

14. Why does Alfredo introduce Julian to Hannah?
(a) Alfredo says they are both Jews.
(b) To mock his father.
(c) In the hopes their father will find a good woman to marry.
(d) In the hopes their father will be distracted by her and not interact with them.

15. What does Hephzibah do after leaving her last job?
(a) Sets up a museum of Anglo-Jewish culture.
(b) She is living off a trust from her grandmother.
(c) She is writing a novel.
(d) She is researching for writing a history of the Anglo-Jewish culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Sam suggest for a group of radical Jews?

2. What is Julian not up to recalling?

3. With whom can Libor not fathom having an affair?

4. What does the gypsy woman say to Julian?

5. What does Julian think Tyler should not have to do?

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