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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal” refers to excruciating distress or suffering?
(a) Epitome.
(b) Anguish.
(c) Candor.
(d) Duration.

2. What casino’s pool does Boris text Theo from once Theo has arrived in New York in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?
(a) Circus Circus.
(b) MGM Grand.
(c) The Sands.
(d) Caesar's Palace.

3. What percentage of the reward money does Boris say he gave to Dima and Anton each in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) 10% each.
(b) 20% each.
(c) 40% each.
(d) 15% each.

4. Who is Theo looking for at the Russian bar in the Village when he runs into Boris in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Todd.
(b) Kitsey.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Paul.

5. What is the name of Boris’s driver in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Platt.
(c) Jed.
(d) Gyuri.

6. Who is the following quote attributed to in the opening of Part III of the novel? “We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.”
(a) Arthur Rimbaud.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Carson McCullers.
(d) Francois de la Fochefoucauld.

7. What is the real name of the bar/restaurant that Hobie refers to as “the Local” in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?
(a) The Rainbow Room.
(b) Katz's Deli.
(c) The White Horse Tavern.
(d) The Dead Pony Tavern.

8. What does Boris day his wife’s name is in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Monica.
(b) Maria.
(c) Elise.
(d) Astrid.

9. Grisha tells Theo in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued” that the term “Russian Jew” is what?
(a) A metaphor.
(b) A simile.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) An oxymoron.

10. Where does Boris say his wife lives mostly with his children in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Stockholm.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

11. Where is Pippa attending boarding school in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

12. Who produced the film I Walked with a Zombie?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) Val Lewton.
(c) Mike McNatt.
(d) Carson McCullers.

13. What is the name of the junkie uptown that Boris takes Theo with him to speak with about the painting in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Miyako.
(b) Welty.
(c) Horst.
(d) Sascha.

14. When was Seven Pillars of Arabia published?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1901.

15. Of what does Theo say in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point,” “that was what the insurance companies called it, catastrophe so random or arcane that there was otherwise no taking the measure of it”?
(a) Inflation.
(b) Liability.
(c) An act of Nature.
(d) An act of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychiatric disorder had Mr. Barbour been diagnosed with?

2. Who is the author of Being and Time?

3. What does “Cutty Sark” mean, according to Theo in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?

4. How did Andy Barbour die, according to Platt in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

5. What word described by Theo in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop” refers to arrogance or excessive pride?

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