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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Fanshawe's friends from Harvard had his father arranged for Fanshawe's job on an oil tanker?
(a) Roy Cutbirth.
(b) Otis Smart.
(c) Paul Schiff.
(d) Jeffrey Brown.

2. While living in France, to which country does Fanshawe take a three-week trip?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

3. Why do the narrator and Fanshawe hitch-hike home from the cemetery on the day that Fanshawe's father dies?
(a) The car gets stuck in the snow.
(b) They are in a car accident.
(c) They run out of gas.
(d) They don't have bus fare.

4. What is the woman's reaction to the conversation she has with Black in the restaurant?
(a) She is giddy and giggles.
(b) She is happy and laughs.
(c) She is upset and begins to cry.
(d) She is nonchalant and unresponsive.

5. How does the narrator respond to the rumor that Fanshawe never existed and that he had written the works himself?
(a) He is flattered and promotes the rumors.
(b) He cries and refuses to speak to anyone for a week.
(c) He laughs and compares Fanshawe to Shakespeare.
(d) He becomes angry and denies the rumors.

6. What words are used to describe Blue's state of mind during the early period of the case?
(a) Depression and infatuation.
(b) Happiness and contentment.
(c) Ambivalence and conflict.
(d) Tranquility and decision.

7. What is the name of the science of reading bumps on the skull that Whitman believed in?
(a) Phrenology.
(b) Theology.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Ontology.

8. The images of which two historical figures are inspirational to Blue when he visits the churchyard?
(a) George Washington and Walt Whitman.
(b) John Adams and Calvin Coolidge.
(c) Henry David Thoreau and George Washington Carver.
(d) Henry Ward Beecher and Abraham Lincoln.

9. Whom does Blue telephone to inform that he will be going undercover?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His mother.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) The future Mrs. Blue.

10. What varsity sport did Fanshawe play for a brief period in his sophomore year before suddenly quitting the team?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Lacrosse.
(d) Basketball.

11. What conclusion does the narrator draw from the examples of La Chère and Da Ponte?
(a) Lives make no sense.
(b) Hard work equals success.
(c) Believe in the impossible.
(d) Cheaters never prosper.

12. What is the number of the box at the Brooklyn Post Office to which Blue sends his monthly reports?
(a) 1,001.
(b) 312.
(c) 1,007.
(d) 1,947.

13. Where is the story Ghosts set?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Rio de Janeiro.

14. During their second conversation, what does Black tell Blue that he does for a living?
(a) He says he is an insurance salesman.
(b) He says he is a teacher.
(c) He says he is a writer.
(d) He says he is a private detective.

15. To which philosopher is attributed this quote that the narrator tacks onto the wall: "And when he dreams he does not want to write, he does not have the power to dream he wants to write; and when he dreams he wants to write, he does not have the power to dream he does not want to write."
(a) Spinoza.
(b) Kant.
(c) Hume.
(d) Nietzsche.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator apprehensive about opening the suitcases and reading Fanshawe's work?

2. What is the impulse driving the narrator in Chapter 7 of The Locked Room?

3. According to Jane Fanshawe, how did the narrator and Fanshawe compare physically as children?

4. What job do the Dedmons offer Fanshawe while they are away from France for the year?

5. Where does Blue go to watch Jackie Robinson play baseball?

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