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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. How many drafts of one short story does Amy find?
(a) 27.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 37.

2. What is the title of Nathan's story?
(a) Aspects of the Novel.
(b) Higher Education.
(c) The Ghost Writer.
(d) The Middle Years.

3. Who does Nathan try to write a letter to in Lonoff's study?
(a) His father.
(b) Amy.
(c) Lonoff.
(d) Betsy.

4. How is Nathan getting to New York from his parents' house?
(a) Plane.
(b) Bus.
(c) Train.
(d) Car.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lonoff say he turns all day?

3. What do Lonoff's friends call him?

4. How long was Lonoff in New York?

5. What kind of car does Amy drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zuckerman tell Lonoff when he asks Zuckerman about his life in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

5. What does Zuckerman's first reading of Lonoff's work show him about his own life?

6. What does Zuckerman think might be a good idea for a writer based on the reactions of the New York party-goers at the publishing party?

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

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

9. Why does Zuckerman's mother call Quahsay?

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

(see the answer keys)

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