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

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

3. What had Libor once planned if he or his wife got seriously ill?
(a) A double suicide.
(b) A last round-the-world trip.
(c) Convert to Buddhism.
(d) Doing all the dangerous things he did not do out of fear.

4. Where is Julian on a school holiday?
(a) Paris.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Monaco.
(d) Barcelona.

5. About what else is Sam ashamed?
(a) His short stature.
(b) His circumsized penis.
(c) His lack of creative ability.
(d) His balding pate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Julian is looking at violins?

2. What happens when Julian is on his way home from dinner with friends?

3. Who is Emmy Oppenstein?

4. How does Julian feel the morning after being mugged?

5. What profoundly shames Sam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hephzibah feel about marriage to Julian?

2. How does Alfredo explain knowing Sam and knowing about Julian's mugging?

3. Who does Julian meet at a party and what do they do?

4. What is Libor's first date after widowhood like for him?

5. Why does Julian return to the scene of his mugging?

6. What does Julian think the next morning after being mugging?

7. What does Julian not understand about his friend Libor?

8. What does Emmy ask of Libor?

9. How do Sam and Julian meet Libor?

10. What does Libor tell Julian to go ahead and do and how does Libor start Julian on the path?

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