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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 does Couth describe himself to Bogus and Biggie?
(a) A living man.
(b) An accomplished man.
(c) A satified man.
(d) A happy man.

2. How does Bogus react to Tulpen's allegations as they are getting ready for bed?
(a) He writes a letter about the ways he'll change.
(b) He throws a fish out of the window.
(c) He sings a song about his failures.
(d) He urinates for a long time in the bathroom.

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

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

5. Why is Bogus thrown out of the Iowa bar?
(a) He is in a bar fight.
(b) He has consumed too much liquor.
(c) He refuses to pay his tab.
(d) He urinates on the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which did Bogus not do with the money from Dr. Trumper?

2. What does bogus notice Colm has at the boathouse?

3. Who is thinking about marriage in Chapter 32?

4. What do all of Bogus's hallucinations have in common?

5. What relationship has transpired between Biggie and Couth after Bogus has left?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tulpen describe Bogus to Ralph?

2. When Biggie made her announcement, why did Aunt Blackstone respond with "Of course it is. Certainly, yes!"?

3. What plans are being made for Ralph's next movie?

4. Why is equality considered destruction in the story of Akthelt and Gunnel?

5. How have Bogus's views on promiscuity changed throughout the novel as he has grown older and had various relationships?

6. What did Bogus's return package to his father symbolize?

7. How does the phrase, "There was, of course, no logic to the dwarf's fear of Harold's rather large cat" relate to the movie about Bogus's life?

8. What makes the limo driver nervous on the way to Maine?

9. How is Sprog symbolic of Bogus?

10. In what way is Bogus envious of Couth?

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