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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the first time Dennis Barlow sees a human corpse?
(a) When he is in the war in Italy.
(b) When he is 28.
(c) When he is 15 and his grandfather drowns.
(d) When he is 12.

2. What does Mr. Schultz say he needs from Dennis more than good ideas?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Competence.
(d) A willingness to take a cut in pay.

3. What is poorly received by the studio heads?
(a) A screen-play about a pet coyote.
(b) A screen-play about a large woman.
(c) The biography that Sir Francis writes.
(d) The new anti-communist guidelines.

4. Who is delivering Sir Francis' corpse to the cosmetician?
(a) Mr. Schultz.
(b) Mr. Kenworthy.
(c) Miss Lovesick.
(d) Mr. Joyboy.

5. What is the name of the funeral home where Dennis goes?
(a) Whispering Hope.
(b) Eternal Rest.
(c) Last Rest.
(d) Whispering Glades.

6. Who is in Sir Francis' office when he arrives at the studio?
(a) A young woman.
(b) One of his bosses.
(c) No one.
(d) A young man.

7. Who is Sir Francis Hinsley?
(a) The younger of the two Englishmen.
(b) The director of a play in which the two Englishmen are acting.
(c) A person about whom the two Englishmen are making disparaging remarks.
(d) The elder of the two Englishmen.

8. Who does the author suggest return the book unread to where they got it?
(a) Readers who hate animals.
(b) Readers who are easily upset.
(c) Readers who hate America.
(d) Readers who are bigots.

9. About whom does Dennis come to Hollywood to do a screenplay?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Shelly.
(c) Blake.
(d) Keats.

10. Why is the person not pleased about Dennis' responsibilities?
(a) She wanted to spit on her deceased ex-husband.
(b) The Happier Hunting Ground is very busy.
(c) He thinks an older man should be responsible.
(d) She wanted to pick out Sir Francis' coffin.

11. What does Aimée think of Mr. Joyboy's work on Sir Francis?
(a) As a tad too perfected.
(b) The eyelids are droopy.
(c) The smile is lopsided.
(d) As wonderful.

12. When will the most important studio figures visit Sir Francis?
(a) They've been coming through all day.
(b) Never.
(c) The day of the service.
(d) In the evening after work.

13. What are the Englishmen drinking?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Whiskey and soda.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lemonade.

14. What does Dennis send to Sir Ambrose?
(a) A picture of Sir Francis with his illegitimate child.
(b) The article Dennis finds in the sock drawer.
(c) A picture of Sir Francis being knighted.
(d) A book written by Sir Francis and another man.

15. How is the cosmetician described?
(a) As dark haired, pale, and greenish eyes.
(b) As gothic.
(c) As the consummate blond.
(d) As vampirish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sir Francis' body?

2. What does Dennis place on the benches in the church?

3. Who is Juanita del Pablo?

4. How are the Englishmen described?

5. What is one natural scene described in Chapter 1?

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