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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 Nathan's family eat at Sunday brunch?
(a) Warm rolls and turkey.
(b) Smoked fish and potatoes.
(c) Smoked fish and warm rolls.
(d) Ham and beans.

2. How many daughters does Lonoff have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

3. Lonoff expresses distaste about the range of his what in Chapter 1?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Ability.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Imagination.

4. How does Nathan want his parents to feel about him when he sends them the story?
(a) Angry.
(b) Proud.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Disappointed.

5. How long was Lonoff in New York?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of validation does Nathan want from Lonoff?

2. What do Lonoff's friends call him?

3. To what animal does Nathan compare his parents?

4. What publication writes a blurb about Nathan?

5. What is Nathan's father's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is surprising to Zuckerman about the typewriter in Lonoff's study?

2. Why does Zuckerman begin writing a letter to his father as he sits in Lonoff's study?

3. What is Zuckerman carrying in his briefcase that he takes to Lonoff's house?

4. What is pinned to the bulletin board in Lonoff's office?

5. Why does Zuckerman begin writing down the names of everything on Lonoff's bookshelves in his study?

6. Why does Zuckerman's father go to Judge Leopold Wapter with the "Higher Education" story?

7. Describe Lonoff's living room as Zuckerman sees it in Chapter 1.

8. What response does Zuckerman get when he mentions Lonoff's name at a publishing party?

9. How does the trouble between Zuckerman and his father begin, according to Zuckerman in Chapter 2?

10. Why do the Wapters include a list of questions in their response to Zuckerman's "Higher Education" story?

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