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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 is Sir Edgar Spilling's specialty in history?
(a) Archeology.
(b) Economics.
(c) Science.
(d) Spanish history.

2. Other than the editorials, what does Scott write daily for the paper?
(a) Prose poems.
(b) Local news.
(c) Obituaries.
(d) Short stories.

3. How long does the Professor extend the lease on his house?
(a) Four months.
(b) One year.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Five years.

4. What kind of gem did Outland give to the Professor's girls?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Turquoise.

5. What kind of home are Louie Marsellus and his wife building?
(a) A Norwegian manor house.
(b) A loft in the city.
(c) A Buckingham country house.
(d) A mansion on Main Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dr. Crane work on the campus?

2. What has been the comfort of the Professor's life?

3. What does Scott wonder about concerning the bracelet?

4. When Scott and the Professor go swimming, what does Scott confess is bothering him?

5. Who is the current student who excited the Professor to controversy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Louie saying that it is Scott who does not like his dinners?

2. Why did Lillian refuse to help Augusta out of her financial problems?

3. Describe the garden at the Professor's former house. Why is this unusual?

4. Would Lillian have been happy with Tom Outland as her son-in-law? Why?

5. What happened to the girl from the charity school when the Professor tried to give her flowers? What is the significance of this moment?

6. What does the Professor remember most about his time in Paris?

7. What does the Professor mean when he tells his wife that they should have never gotten older? How does Lillian respond?

8. When Outland handed the turquoises to the girls, what did the professor notice about his hands?

9. When the Professor sees Rosamond outside Kathleen's house, what does he see on her face?

10. Why does it surprise the Professor that his daughter, Kathleen, does not find herself remarkable? Does he feel that she has wasted her life? How?

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