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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kleinman doing when the group of men come to call him to their vigilante hunt?
(a) Showering.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Watching television.

2. What is coming out of Woody's ears towards the end of "Selections from the Allen Notebooks"?
(a) Music.
(b) Hair.
(c) Tears.
(d) Scrolls.

3. In which essay does Allen consider the appropriateness of behaviors based on one's stage of life?
(a) On The Thoughts of a Teenager.
(b) On Youth and Age.
(c) On Frugality.
(d) On Love.

4. What is Word Babcock's line of work?
(a) Pizza delivery man.
(b) Toilet paper factory manager.
(c) Bus driver.
(d) Joy-buzzer manufacturer

5. How does Sigmund kill himself?
(a) Running head first into a brick wall.
(b) By swallowing a barbell.
(c) He jumps out of a plane without a parachute.
(d) He does not kill himself.

6. What does the ghost of Mr. Dubbs's brother do to Mrs. Dubbs?
(a) Comes to her in dreams.
(b) Tries to murder her.
(c) Sings a song to her at her birthday party.
(d) Levitates her over the dinner table for twenty minutes.

7. What can the reader learn from this section about people who are dead and come back as ghosts?
(a) They are extremely enlightened and have come back to share deep wisdom.
(b) They are wicked and vengeful creatures.
(c) They are just people who happen to be dead.
(d) They are sent back as punishment.

8. What happens to Natasha at the end of the ballet "Dmitri"?
(a) She learns she will never dance again.
(b) She moves to Moscow.
(c) She falls in love with Leonid.
(d) She fractures her skull.

9. How does Woody feel about the fact that he hates his father?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Tired.
(c) Angry.
(d) Fine.

10. What does Kaiser find the girls studying when he arrives at Flossie's call-girl center of operations?
(a) They are studying Penguin classics.
(b) They are reading the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
(c) They are reading the Wall Street Journal and other prestigious periodicals.
(d) They are watching PBS.

11. How do the elders decide to sacrifice the young woman?
(a) They force her to drink poison.
(b) They force her to dance herself to death.
(c) They are going to sacrifice her to a dragon.
(d) They are going to throw her off a cliff into the ocean.

12. What author does Kaiser brush up on using a Monarch College Outline?
(a) Swift.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Austen.
(d) Melville.

13. What weapon does the killer use to murder Kleinman?
(a) A switchblade.
(b) A pistol.
(c) He strangles Kleinman with his hands.
(d) A large lead pipe.

14. Who is the narrator in the section "Early Essays"?
(a) It is an unnamed narrator.
(b) It is a literary critic.
(c) It is Allen himself.
(d) It is Allen's best childhood friend.

15. What animal does God suggest the merchant put on his t-shirts?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Alligator.
(c) Puma.
(d) Bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mrs. Sanstad's son?

2. What does Allen state about money and happiness?

3. What form does Von Epps take before he abducts Yvette?

4. As a reward for catching the blackmailer, what does Kaiser do?

5. What happened to the oppressed post revolution?

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