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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. How old was the boy whose mother strangled him with a belt?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

2. What did Lynch say was God's greatest gift?
(a) Faith.
(b) Sex.
(c) Language.
(d) Love.

3. Where did they conduct this conference?
(a) The Greater Antilles.
(b) The Lesser Antilles.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Jamaica.

4. How old was Nugent's second wife when they married?
(a) 25.
(b) 18.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

5. What ethnic food did Robertson and his wife enjoy in celebration of the poem's publication?
(a) Italian.
(b) Persian.
(c) Lebanese.
(d) Turkish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nugent meet his next wife?

2. How many of Lynch's eight siblings are part of the funeral industry?

3. What Asian city did Lynch mention as a place where funeral pyres are frequent?

4. What kind of business did Milo own?

5. What food was Robertson's poem about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does society generally view cemeteries, according to Lynch?

2. What did Lynch lament about the modern homes Americans live in?

3. Why did Lynch enjoy not having access to indoor plumbing when he first visited his cousins in Ireland?

4. If the dead don't care, why did Lynch get up in the middle of the night to tend to the newly deceased?

5. How was Lynch helped by stopping his drinking?

6. What are the unique problems faced by undertakers trying to "advertise" their services?

7. According to Lynch, why do people find it important to have bodies to bury?

8. What was Nora's reaction to her impending death?

9. What was Lynch's view of the notion that the corpse is just an empty shell?

10. Why did the Lynch brothers take care of their father's body rather than allow a local undertaker to do the job?

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