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

2. What does Sir Ambrose ask of Dennis?
(a) To give Sir Ambrose a particular pen that belonged to Sir Francis.
(b) To notify Sir Francis' two children.
(c) To keep it out of the papers that Sir Francis kills himself.
(d) To find something that Sir Francis wrote to read at the funeral.

3. Who is Barlow?
(a) An American whom neither Englishman likes.
(b) An American who both Englishmen admire.
(c) The younger of the two Englishmen sitting together and talking.
(d) A man who arrives and greets the other two men.

4. About what does Ambrose admonish Sir Francis?
(a) To stay in better communication.
(b) To watch his investments in the film industry.
(c) To be careful about speaking of Americans badly.
(d) To not expect too much from a woman he is expecting to meet.

5. What is being piped through the speakers in the funeral home?
(a) "Our Father."
(b) "Amazing Grace."
(c) "Hindu Love-song."
(d) A musical rendition of the 23rd psalm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dennis tell that he is writing a poem?

2. What does the receptionist ask Dennis that makes him visualize Sir Francis when Dennis finds him?

3. What does a porter announce?

4. What are the Englishmen drinking?

5. What is Megalopolitan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What racist question does the secretary ask Dennis and how does he respond?

2. What does Aimée reveal about herself when she encounters Dennis on the island?

3. What does Dennis accomplish during his time in Italy?

4. With what makeover is Sir Francis having difficulty?

5. What does Mr. Joyboy say about working on infants?

6. Describe the Orchid Room when Dennis visits Whispering Glades the day before Sir Francis' funeral.

7. How does Dennis compare his present job with his time in Italy?

8. What does Sir Ambrose ask of Dennis and what does Dennis find out about Sir Francis as a writer?

9. Who arrives and what does he say to Sir Francis?

10. What was the pinnacle of Sir Francis' life?

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