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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Esther want her picture taken for the magazine?
(a) She doesn't like the way they styled her hair.
(b) She feels insulted by Jay Cee.
(c) She doesn't like the paper rose that Jay Cee gave her to hold.
(d) She is about to begin crying.

2. What is Esther's first reaction when Buddy proposes to her?
(a) She feels like laughing.
(b) She is delighted.
(c) She is shocked.
(d) She feels nauseous.

3. Why does Esther hope she will be paired up with Lenny instead of Frankie?
(a) Like Esther, Lenny is short while Frankie is tall.
(b) Like Esther, Lenny is tall while Frankie is short.
(c) Lenny is more charismatic than Frankie.
(d) Lenny is much more attractive than Frankie.

4. What does Esther do to let Constantin know she is interested in having sex with him?
(a) She tells him she would like to have sex with him.
(b) She kisses him.
(c) She lays down on his bed.
(d) She undresses.

5. How does Esther get from Lenny's apartment to the Amazon?
(a) She walks alone the 43 blocks back to the hotel.
(b) She takes a cab.
(c) She and Doreen walk the 43 blocks back to the hotel together.
(d) Lenny drives her home.

6. What does Lenny's apartment look like to Esther?
(a) A dance club
(b) A hunting lodge
(c) A mansion
(d) A ranch

7. Who has Mrs. Willard promised to introduce Esther to in New York City?
(a) An ambassador at the UN
(b) A simultaneous interpreter at the UN
(c) Her son, Buddy
(d) The editor of a major literary magazine

8. Who is missing from the Ladies' Day luncheon?
(a) Hilda
(b) Doreen
(c) Betsy
(d) Esther

9. What does Constantin ask Esther to do when they go to his apartment?
(a) Have sex with him
(b) Listen to records
(c) Have a drink with him
(d) Begin dating

10. What is Esther's response to Buddy's marriage proposal?
(a) She rejects his proposal because she believes he is a hypocrite.
(b) She tells him she needs to think about it before answering.
(c) She accepts his proposal and agrees to marry him.
(d) She tells him she will never get married.

11. What does Constantin say is the most difficult aspect of simultaneous translation?
(a) Understanding the ambassadors' accents
(b) The idioms
(c) The speed at which the ambassadors speak
(d) The verb conjugations

12. What grade does Esther earn in her physics class?
(a) A
(b) F
(c) B
(d) C

13. Why does Esther begin reading Finnegan's Wake?
(a) To get ahead the following semester
(b) To fill in a gap in her coursework
(c) To begin writing her thesis
(d) To help her sleep

14. How does Doreen avoid getting food poisoning?
(a) She does not attend the luncheon because she is at the office working with Jay Cee.
(b) She doesn't eat the food because she is trying to stay thin for Lenny.
(c) She only eats dessert.
(d) She does not attend the luncheon because she is at Coney Island with Lenny.

15. Why won't Buddy allow Esther to ski down the hill again?
(a) He wants to return to the sanatorium.
(b) She does not know how to ski.
(c) He says her leg is broken in two places.
(d) He is concerned she will break her leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Esther feel as she careens down the ski slope?

2. Where is Marco from?

3. Why doesn't Esther attend the fur show?

4. Which of the following does NOT adorn the waiting room at the sanatorium?

5. Why does Esther feel depressed when she returns to the Amazon?

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