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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the hotel maid do in Bogus's hallucination?
(a) Breaks the glass.
(b) Replaces the towels.
(c) Steals Bogus's suitcase.
(d) Turns down the bed.

2. How does Tulpen feel about Colm by the end of his trip?
(a) She can't wait for him to leave.
(b) She realizes she'll never want children.
(c) She thinks he's nice at a distance.
(d) She loves him.

3. Who does the man in the car think is Bogus's drug buyer?
(a) Merrill.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Tulpen.
(d) Couth.

4. When did Merrill disappear?
(a) Three weeks ago.
(b) A decade ago.
(c) Two years ago.
(d) Six months ago.

5. What does Bogus learn about Merrill before the agents release him?
(a) Merrill is dead.
(b) Merrill is in hiding.
(c) Merrill is in Vienna.
(d) Merrill is lost at sea.

6. Who kills Old Thak?
(a) Akthelt.
(b) Gunnel.
(c) Hrothrund.
(d) Axelrulf.

7. What do all of Bogus's hallucinations have in common?
(a) In each hallucination, Merrill is lost.
(b) In each hallucination, Merrill is drowning.
(c) In each hallucination, Merrill needs sugar.
(d) In each hallucination, Merrill needs help.

8. In Chapter 31, what causes Tulpen to be so angry with Ralph?
(a) He takes her towel.
(b) He allows filming while she's in the tub.
(c) He speaks ill of Bogus.
(d) He answers the phone.

9. What does Bogus throw from the dock while talking to Colm?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Clumps of mud.
(c) A sand bucket.
(d) Snails.

10. Why is Bogus angry at Kent when he sees him in the studio?
(a) He wants to take Bogus's job.
(b) He lost reels of the movie.
(c) He is waiting outside of the restroom with the camera.
(d) He made a pass at Tulpen.

11. Why is Sprog exiled?
(a) He assaults the hero's wife.
(b) He taunts the hero's wife.
(c) He runs away with the hero's wife.
(d) He kisses the hero's wife.

12. What causes Bogus to rewrite the entire translation of Akthelt and Gunnel?
(a) He thinks Akthelt would have liked it that way.
(b) He is afraid he won't get his PhD otherwise.
(c) He remembers Tulpen likes facts.
(d) He is stretching out the project to escape real life.

13. What is Tulpen's complaint about Bogus as they are getting ready for bed?
(a) Bogus does not make love to her enough.
(b) Bogus does not try to find a more suitable job.
(c) Bogus does not pay enough attention to her.
(d) Bogus does not clean up after himself.

14. Who helped Bogus to leave town for Europe?
(a) Merrill.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Tulpen.
(d) Couth.

15. In Bogus's dream in Chapter 28, where were he and Biggie?
(a) In Vienna.
(b) At the boathouse.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) At her parents' home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bogus thrown out of the Iowa bar?

2. What request does the hero make after his night out drinking with his bodyguard?

3. How does Bogus react to Tulpen's allegations as they are getting ready for bed?

4. What can Bogus not understand about Tulpen?

5. In Bogus's dreams, what fact do people not believe about Merrill?

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