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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. In what type of activity do Barney and Anne engage in right after she turns down his proposal of marriage?
(a) Sexual activity.
(b) Gaming activity.
(c) Telepathic activity.
(d) Teleportation activity.

2. Anne tells Barney that she has come to see him because she is feeling what emotion since arriving on Mars?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Lethargy.
(d) Despair.

3. What object is Anne carrying when she arrives at the entrance to Barney's hovel?
(a) A lantern.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) A torch.
(d) A candle.

4. How many other people live with Barney in his hovel on Mars?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

5. What noun does Leo use to refer to Palmer Eldritch just after Leo fires Barney and they have a discussion?
(a) Magician.
(b) God.
(c) Clown.
(d) Loser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the symptoms that Barney will display once he has taken the toxin at the direction of Leo?

2. After being fired, Barney reflects that "it takes a certain amount of" what "to face yourself and say with candor, I'm rotten. I've done evil and I will again" (113)?

3. Anne asks Barney to obtain some of what object for her?

4. Palmer Eldritch tells Leo that he will let him go, but only for how many hours?

5. What adjective is used to describe Leo's voice when he finally tells Palmer Eldritch that he gives up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Leo learn from Dr. Smile after he strangles Palmer Eldritch?

2. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive eyes?

3. What terms does Palmer Eldritch present to Leo just before Leo tries to strangle him?

4. How does Anne change as a character after arriving at the colony?

5. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive teeth?

6. How is irony present in the narrative's events that occur immediately after Barney's call to the UN draft board?

7. What special right is provided to colonists who willingly agree to emigrate?

8. What connection does Leo draw between his sighting of a Proxer standing over Dr. Smile and the nature of Palmer Eldritch?

9. Describe how the theme of selflessness arises during Leo's imprisonment at the hands of Palmer Eldritch.

10. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive teeth?

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