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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 is the subject of the paper Nathan takes with him on his interview?
(a) International Relations.
(b) Constitution.
(c) Balfour Declaration.
(d) Declaration of Independence.

2. What is Nathan's father's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Artist.
(c) Foot doctor.
(d) Judge.

3. What is playing in Hope's kitchen?
(a) A phonograph.
(b) A tape player.
(c) A CD player.
(d) A Mixmaster.

4. What coursework is Nathan's brother completing?
(a) Pre-dental.
(b) Pre-law.
(c) Pre-writing.
(d) Pre-medicine.

5. How many years are there between Lonoff's first book and his sixth book?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children do the Lonoffs have?

2. What job does Nathan do three days a week?

3. What play does the letter suggest Nathan see?

4. Nathan's girlfriend characterizes his apartment as the home of what?

5. Where did the narrator grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zuckerman describe a typical Lonoff hero?

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

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

4. Why does Zuckerman's mother call Quahsay?

5. How does Zuckerman react to the decor in Lonoff's home?

6. Why does Zuckerman contact Lonoff?

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

8. How does Zuckerman come to Quahsay?

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

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

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