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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 university did Wittman Ah Sing attend?
(a) Harvard
(b) Princeton
(c) Chicago
(d) Berkeley

2. What does Wittman dream he can hear crying?
(a) Buried people
(b) Skeletal children
(c) Trees
(d) Dead birds

3. Who wrote the Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge?
(a) Balzac
(b) Rilke
(c) Goethe
(d) Dickens

4. What do the grandmothers smash with mighty blows?
(a) Beans
(b) Garlic
(c) Egg plant
(d) Squash

5. Where does Wittman go in this chapter to kill some time?
(a) The national museum
(b) The movies
(c) The theater
(d) The market

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wittmann invite Nanci Lee for?

2. What does the poet say he was discouraged by?

3. Who is the seminar's sponsor?

4. What is the title of Wittman's most recent play?

5. How are Chinese toes different from Japanese toes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wittman think when he sees some Chinese immigrants in Golden Gate Park?

2. What does Lance represent to Wittman?

3. Who does Wittman tell Nanci he really is?

4. Why does Wittman envy Nanci?

5. What does Wittmann see when he has an acid flashback?

6. What does Wittman do before he walks out of his job?

7. How does Wittmann react when Nanci compares his work to LeRoi Jones?

8. How do Wittman and Tasa celebrate their marriage?

9. What does Wittman do when Nanci leaves his apartment?

10. What does Lance do for the winners of the party?

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