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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) 2002.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2011
(d) 1985.

2. When Yale visits someone in the hospital in 2015, what holiday is it?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) The Fourth of July.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Pride Week.

3. Who had been the first real friend Yale had made after moving?
(a) Nico.
(b) Terrence.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Fiona.

4. Fiona hires a private investigator in order to find whom?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Claire.
(c) Amy.
(d) Fifi.

5. In what American city does the novel take place?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Seattle.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie believe is the nature of the relationship between Julian and Yale?

2. What items does Nora wish to donate to Yale's workplace?

3. Nico had been in a relationship with Terrence for how long prior to his own death?

4. Yale remembers a time when whose parents would not allow Terrence to enter the hospital room?

5. In what year does Fiona find out that her friend's newest gallery exhibition will open soon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does Fiona report to Yale about her family's cleaning out of Nico's place and how does Yale react?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the symbolism of Nico's orange scarf?

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

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

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

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