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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 college do Dangerfield and O'Keefe both attend?
(a) Cambridge University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of Edinburgh.
(d) Trinity College.

2. Which of the following does Dangerfield NOT charge at a store?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Milk.
(d) Ham.

3. What nationality is Sebastian Dangerfield?
(a) Swedish.
(b) American.
(c) English.
(d) Irish.

4. Where is Kenneth O'Keefe attending university?
(a) London.
(b) Oslo.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Cambridge.

5. What does Dangerfield buy in a store on the way home from the bus station?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Sandwiches.
(d) Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the girl who asks Dangerfield for a light for her cigarette?

2. What beverage does O'Keefe buy for Dangerfield?

3. Who is Egbert Skully?

4. What enrages Marion about the house?

5. What problem can O'Keefe not seem to overcome?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does O'Keefe realize about Dangerfield when he loans Dangerfield money?

2. How are Marion and O'Keefe alike in their relationships with Dangerfield?

3. Why are O'Keefe's challenges in having sex partly of his own making?

4. How do Dangerfield's behavioral traits undermine him in terms of money vs. pleasure?

5. What are the two most important things in the lives of Dangerfield and O'Keefe?

6. Who was Blessed Oliver Plunkett?

7. How does the impoverished Dangerfield secure food for O'Keefe and himself?

8. Why does Dangerfield turn to Chris when he has wrecked the bar in a drunken state?

9. What is at the core of Dangerfield's nasty behavior?

10. How can Dangerfield be called an escapist and how does Chris figure into his escaping?

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