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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. Where is Sophie Fanshawe from originally?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) New York.
2. How will Blue be paid for his work?
(a) A check in the mail.
(b) Paid up front.
(c) Upon completion of the assignment.
(d) Direct deposit.
3. Where is the apartment located that the narrator, Sophie and Ben move into after their marriage?
(a) Broadway.
(b) Fifth Avenue.
(c) Riverside Drive.
(d) Park Avenue.
4. What is the amount of the monetary advance White gives Blue?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.
5. What year is it when Blue begins work on the case?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1987.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Blue enter Black's apartment while he is out?
2. How does the narrator respond to the rumor that Fanshawe never existed and that he had written the works himself?
3. While living in France, to which country does Fanshawe take a three-week trip?
4. What are the two nicknames by which Fanshawe was known on the ship?
5. Where do Blue and Black have their second meeting?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who told Blue stories about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge? What was this person's profession and what became of him?
2. About what aspect of Fanshawe's writing do Sophie and Fanshawe disagree? What is the compromise that Fanshawe offers her a few months before his disappearance?
3. According to the narrator's recollection, why does Fanshawe give his birthday gift to Dennis Walden? What is the outcome and why is this incident significant for the narrator?
4. What is Sophie Fanshawe's reaction to the narrator's opinion of Fanshawe's work? Why does the narrator assume that she reacts in this way?
5. In the early period of the case, what two extreme attitudes does Blue experience? How does each of these extreme conditions make him feel?
6. When Blue receives his first payment from White, why is he surprised and then disappointed? What was he expecting?
7. What does Jane Fanshawe do after lunch? What does the narrator think motivates this act?
8. Which of Fanshawe's works does the narrator choose to show first to the editor? What is the editor's reaction to the work?
9. What is unusual about the letter that the narrator supposedly receives from Fanshawe? How does this quirk help to convince the narrator of the letter's veracity?
10. During their second conversation, what is Black's response when Blue asks him if the man he watches knows he is being watched? How does Black justify his answer?
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