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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 do Nathan's parents listen to on the radio on Sundays?
(a) The Newark Sunday papers.
(b) Church services.
(c) The Eternal Light.
(d) Classical music.

2. What is pinned to Lonoff's study wall?
(a) Note cards and pictures.
(b) A calendar and music.
(c) A calendar and note cards.
(d) Pictures and a calendar.

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

4. Who is the city's first Jewish mayor?
(a) Meyer Ellenstein.
(b) Leopold Wapter.
(c) Doctor Zuckerman.
(d) E.I. Lonoff.

5. Who is Nathan's father's moral mentor?
(a) Otto Frank.
(b) Father Quahsay.
(c) Lonoff.
(d) Judge Wapter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do some people think Lonoff was writing from?

2. Who calls for Lonoff in Chapter 1?

3. How old is the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. Where does Lonoff offer to let Nathan sleep?

5. How is Nathan getting to New York from his parents' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Zuckerman family's typical Sunday brunch.

2. Why does Zuckerman contact Lonoff?

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

4. How does Zuckerman's father think the "Higher Education" story will be perceived if it is published?

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

6. Why is Zuckerman skeptical of the party-goers' analysis of Lonoff?

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

8. How does Zuckerman convince Lonoff to meet with him?

9. How does Zuckerman come to Quahsay?

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

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