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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian believe must happen in order to make it easier for men to live?
(a) They create a false God in their own image.
(b) They must evangelize.
(c) They must pray to God and confess their sins.
(d) They must attend church regularly.

2. Who was Saint Francis?
(a) A martyr burned at the stake.
(b) A man who hunted wild animals.
(c) A friend to all animals who often talked to creatures, even birds of the sky.
(d) A pope.

3. What does the butler do at the sound of the chime?
(a) He moves to escort Julian to see Miss Alice.
(b) He answers the door.
(c) He tells Julian it is time to leave.
(d) He leaves the room.

4. For whom is the larger of the two chairs?
(a) His Eminence.
(b) Miss Alice.
(c) The lawyer.
(d) The Pope.

5. What does Julian say he heard on that night in the asylum?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Rain falling on the roof.
(c) Cries or sobbing.
(d) Cats meowing.

6. How are the periods of hallucination announced?
(a) The sound of choirs singing.
(b) Darkness.
(c) By a ringing in the ears.
(d) Flashes of light.

7. What is the most intriguing element?
(a) A huge dollhouse model of the mansion.
(b) The cardinals flying around.
(c) The crucifix hanging above the altar.
(d) The fountain in the middle of the garden.

8. How does the butler feel about listening to Julian?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Bored.
(c) Enthralled.
(d) Sad.

9. With what is Julian not comfortable?
(a) This conceptual style of conversation.
(b) The many bird species in the estuary.
(c) The detailed discussion of the garden's plant varieties.
(d) The discussion of the crucifix.

10. What does Julian say when Miss Alice invites him to talk about himself?
(a) He gladly tells her his life story.
(b) He is very self deprecating and defers to the background information they already have on him, complete with the missing six blank years.
(c) He says nothing.
(d) He is open and honest.

11. How does the man react at having been discovered cooing to the caged birds?
(a) Not surprised.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Flustered and a bit embarrassed.

12. Why does Alice want to do this for the church?
(a) She is burdened with too much wealth.
(b) She loves to sew.
(c) She loves children.
(d) She wants to give back to the needy.

13. How does Julian describe his loss of faith?
(a) It was a slow, gradual, and painful loss.
(b) He let contact with his faith slip away, seeding a deep sadness.
(c) He lost his faith when his parents died.
(d) He woke up one morning and no longer had faith.

14. What does the first man not leave without?
(a) Making a rude comment to Miss Alice.
(b) Kissing Miss Alice on the cheek.
(c) A snide comment or two.
(d) Hugging the second man.

15. What are of the expected variety in a place of this grandeur?
(a) The beautiful, rare roses.
(b) The hand-embroidered banners hanging along the walls.
(c) The beautiful, exotic birds flying about.
(d) A great arched doorway and the furnishings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julian ask whether or not someone will soon be available?

2. Where does this scene open?

3. What does the butler share about himself with Julian?

4. What is said about the appropriateness of the two cardinals?

5. When the lawyer enters the room to join in the dialogue, what is established?

(see the answer keys)

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