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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 question does a dead husband ask his living wife during a seance?
(a) Why she had not remarried.
(b) How long chicken needs to broil.
(c) If she ever really loved him.
(d) Where the remote control was.

2. How long had Mr. Dubbs's brother been dead when he saw his ghost?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 14 years.

3. Which of the following does Woody not say is necessary for true love?
(a) Tenderness.
(b) General proximity.
(c) Adherence to the same religious beliefs.
(d) A modest quantity of raw physical strength.

4. What is Allen considering in "On Seeing a Tree in Summer"?
(a) The beauty of the deciduous forest.
(b) Which trees are better than others.
(c) The motivations and characteristics of a tree.
(d) The best time of year to plant trees.

5. Which of the following might be found at a hunger strike?
(a) Loudly shouted slogans.
(b) Napping.
(c) The act of giving up a certain activity.
(d) Marching.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sigmund go to secretarial school?

2. Which insect does one of the women in "The Predators" fall in love with?

3. According to Allen, why is a sit-down strike effective?

4. Who does God make a bet with regarding Job's faithfulness to God?

5. What reason does the killer give for murdering all those people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Dr. Osgood Mulford Twelge and what does he do?

2. What does Kaiser find when he arrives at Hunter College Book Store?

3. What do "On Seeing a Tree in Summer" and "On Tripping Through a Copse Picking Violets" seem to cover or determine?

4. How do the oppressors and oppressed behave?

5. How does Flossie try to blackmail Word?

6. Who does the narrator compare Allen's play to and what excuse does the narrator give for there being no later plays?

7. What does Kleinman learn about the killer as he speaks to him? What does Kleinman suggest to the killer?

8. Who is Albert Sykes and what is his psychic phenomenon?

9. In which essay does Allen touch on love and what does he say about is?

10. What happens to the doctor in the alley and what does he tell Kleinman?

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