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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 type of alcohol do Lonoff and Nathan drink after dinner?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Rum.
(d) Vodka.

2. Who is the overseer at Nathan's day job?
(a) McElroy.
(b) Hope.
(c) Amy.
(d) Lonoff.

3. Who is Betsy?
(a) Lonoff's wife.
(b) Nathan's ex-girlfriend.
(c) Nathan's mother.
(d) Lonoff's daughter.

4. What Norwegian writer is referenced in the letter?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Lonoff.

5. Who does Nathan's father contact for help in getting to a higher person for advice about Nathan's story?
(a) A brother.
(b) An uncle.
(c) A grandfather.
(d) A cousin

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet does Chopin's work get compared to in Lonoff's study?

2. What do the neighbors call Nathan's father?

3. How many questions for Nathan are included with the letter?

4. Who wrote "The Middle Years"?

5. What publication writes a blurb about Nathan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Zuckerman contact Lonoff?

2. Why does Zuckerman's mother call Quahsay?

3. How does Zuckerman come to Quahsay?

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

5. Why is Zuckerman surprised when Lonoff says nothing happens to him during their conversation in Chapter 1?

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

7. Why does Zuckerman read Henry James' "The Middle Years" twice in one night?

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

9. Describe the girl-woman Zuckerman sees at Lonoff's house in Chapter 1.

10. What earlier connection does Zuckerman have to Judge Wapter?

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