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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator say Jonathan married his first wife?
(a) When they finished their doctorates.
(b) When they both graduated high school.
(c) After they had each lost a parent.
(d) When they got unexpectedly pregnant.

2. What character in American literature does Jonathan compare his patient/film intern to?
(a) Hester Prynne.
(b) Leatherstocking.
(c) Bartleby.
(d) Billy Budd.

3. How far apart were Adam and Jason born?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 4 weeks.

4. What does Jane say caused her language to end in pure sound?
(a) Her feelings when she realized her father had abused her.
(b) Her experience viewing sculptures on acid.
(c) Her anger when she saw Adam bullying Amber.
(d) Her reaction to the man on the playground.

5. Where is Adam at the beginning of the novel?
(a) In Taiwan.
(b) In a bed.
(c) On a boat.
(d) In a debate tournament.

6. What drugs had Jonathan and Jane taken when they went to the Met?
(a) Acid.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Mushrooms.

7. Where does Jane say her abuse took place?
(a) On a trip.
(b) On a train.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In her parents’ house.

8. What did Jonathan’s therapist see in Jonathan’s fascination with the Ziegler story?
(a) Revenge fantasies.
(b) Megalomania.
(c) Projected self-loathing.
(d) Dreams of grandeur.

9. What does the narrator say Darren would use to ward off insults?
(a) Acting.
(b) Curses.
(c) Chants.
(d) Magic.

10. How does the narrator say Bob Dole spoke at the high school debate tournament?
(a) Fluently.
(b) Patriotically.
(c) Haltingly.
(d) Extemporaneously.

11. What does Adam say these figures can trigger?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Vomiting.
(c) Psychotic hallucinations
(d) Cancer.

12. What do the figures behind Adam’s eyes make him afraid of?
(a) A fever.
(b) A seizure.
(c) A manic episode.
(d) A migraine.

13. What does Darren say has been hanging in space all his life?
(a) His mother’s face.
(b) A cue ball.
(c) The sun.
(d) A knife.

14. What does Darren’s mother complain about?
(a) Darren’s stealing.
(b) Darren's disrespect toward teachers.
(c) Darren’s lying.
(d) Darren’s appetite.

15. Where does Ziegler find the pill he ultimately swallows in the story?
(a) A museum.
(b) On the street.
(c) A junk shop.
(d) A zoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Jane’s recollection, when did she discover she failed to purchase airline tickets for her trip?

2. What is the spread in debate?

3. What was Dr. Erwood’s specialty at the Topeka Foundation?

4. What distinguishes Kenneth Erwood in Topeka?

5. What was it that moved Jonathan in Duccio’s Madonna and Child?

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