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

2. Fiona tells her seatmate on the plane that she is planning to seek out which of her family members?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her son.

3. Who manages to get Yale into the bathroom so that he can try to tell him something?
(a) Terrence.
(b) Richard.
(c) Julian.
(d) Charlie.

4. The other person in Fiona's dream pulls an object from what location?
(a) His pocket.
(b) His briefcase.
(c) Out of thin air.
(d) His shoe.

5. Who is the Director of Planned Giving at the university attached to Yale's workplace?
(a) Nora.
(b) Cecily.
(c) Jake.
(d) Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what type of location had Yale met his boyfriend in 1985?

2. In 1985, who drives to Wisconsin?

3. Yale works at an art gallery that is attached to which institution?

4. Fiona believes that her daughter is living with how many other people?

5. Sketches by which artist are the pieces that Nora most wants to donate to the Briggs Gallery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the location at which Yale meets Charlie?

2. What is the source of Yale's fear of being tricked?

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

4. What realization does Yale make while in the bathroom with Julian at the party?

5. Who serves as Terrence's power of attorney near the end of his life?

6. How does the dream motif arise early in Fiona's time in Paris?

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

8. In what way had Fiona spend her twentieth birthday and how had it contrasted with her twenty-first birthday?

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

10. What task does Arnaud say will "take a couple of days" (133)?

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