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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. Who had helped Terrence and his ill lover to see one another in the hospital?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Nico's grandfather.
(c) The nurse.
(d) The receptionist.

2. What does Charlie believe is the nature of the relationship between Julian and Yale?
(a) That they are enemies.
(b) That they do not know one another at all.
(c) That they are lovers.
(d) That they are friends.

3. In what year does the narrative of the The Great Believers begin its story?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2011
(d) 2002.

4. The two people who fund the authentication of Nora's works are related in what way?
(a) They are business partners.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are former lovers.
(d) They are married.

5. When Arnaud shows Fiona the photographs he had taken, which person does she recognize?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Claire.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason had Nico's parents cut him off in his young adulthood?

2. With whom does Fiona plan to stay while looking for her family member?

3. In 1985, who is considering the purchase of a house?

4. When Yale gets home from the dinner with Charlie's staff, who is not home?

5. How many miles away from the wake are most of Nico's family members congregating?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Fiona forcibly direct her parents in regard to Nico's illness and death?

2. In what location is the wake celebrating Nico's death held?

3. Characterize the relationship between Nico and his parents prior to his death.

4. What is the significance of the film Breakfast at Tiffany's for Yale?

5. Why is everyone at the party so alarmed after they see Terrence, Nico's former boyfriend?

6. What step must first be taken before art can be donated?

7. What is described as the only disappointment within Nora's art collection as the authentication process moves forward?

8. With what aspect of Arnaud's investigation is Fiona frustrated?

9. What major purchase does Yale consider making within the narrative and why?

10. What is the most encouraging aspect of Nora's art collection, from Yale's point of view?

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