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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. Richard wrote a letter to Gweneth from the Grand Hotel. Where was the Grand Hotel located?
(a) Lublin.
(b) Opole.
(c) Radom.
(d) Warsaw, Poland.

2. What did Richard's mother teach him were the highest forms of understanding?
(a) Understanding and love.
(b) Acceptance and faith.
(c) Individuality and strength.
(d) Laughter and human compassion.

3. When Richard visited a shrine with an enclave behind it, what ddid the Shinto priest do for him while they were having tea?
(a) He did some calligraphy.
(b) He sung traditional songs.
(c) He read from religious texts.
(d) He played the drum.

4. How many co-chairmen assisted Richard during the conference in Kyoto?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

5. After the ceremony at the shrine dedication, Richard was introduced to whom?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The Shinto priest.
(c) Robert.
(d) The head priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanied Richard on his trip to Kyoto?

2. In what color did Richard see the letter X in his mind?

3. Richard mentions that a friend of his mother was trying to make a living during the Depression by doing what?

4. When Richard's father started to read from Richard's calculus book, what did he find?

5. The secretary to the queen had a yard that was not yet landscaped except for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were there a lot of new buildings in Warsaw, Poland?

2. Describe the auditorium in the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland that Richard took a tour of.

3. What happened when Gweneth realized that she had lost a roll of film?

4. When Richard was at a party with his beach crowd, what was one of the older guys teaching them in the kitchen?

5. When Richard heard about miracles at the temple, he tried to explain the miracles with natural phenomena. What was one of the miracles he says he could never figure out?

6. How did Richard learn about algebra?

7. What did Kyoto University tell Richard when he told them he had no paper to give at the conference?

8. Why was Richard told that it was all right when one speaker at the conference went over his time limit?

9. What happened when Arlene found a summer job in Scituate, taking care of children to be close to Richard?

10. After Richard finished philosophizing with the taxi driver, where did the taxi driver take him?

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