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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 style poem did Nugent write?
(a) Ode.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Epithalamium.

2. Approximately how many acres are in a par four hole on a golf course?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

3. What did Lynch have a drink of every night?
(a) Irish whiskey.
(b) Wine.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Beer.

4. What kind of business did Milo own?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A drugstore.
(c) A convenience store.
(d) A laundromat.

5. What French writer did Lynch quote at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Rimbauld.
(b) Hugo.
(c) La Rochefoucald.
(d) Satre.

Short Answer Questions

1. For approximately how long had Lynch been an undertaker when Chapter 2 opened?

2. What kind of church did Milo belong to?

3. In what month did Roberton's poem appear in the magazine?

4. Where in Florida did Lynch's father die?

5. What was the name of the woman whose body smelled bad because of her last meal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Lynch's father fond of quoting Gladstone?

2. How did Lynch "resolve" his feelings about the existence of God?

3. How did Lynch convey the sensuality of the preparation and eating of the artichoke?

4. How did Lynch describe the difference between chance and coincidence?

5. Of all the choices offered by Lynch to explain Stephanie's death, which one seemed to be the one he would choose?

6. Did Lynch profess to a certain fascination with dead bodies?

7. Why do most people never pay attention to the figure Lynch called "The Big One"?

8. What did Lynch consider the mark of a good faith leader?

9. What did Lynch mean when he stated that "one hand washes the other" in Chapter 1?

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

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