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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the writer develops an elaborate fantasy about an actress playing what historical figure?
(a) Queen Mary.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

2. The assignment the protagonist goes on in Chapter 2 involves writing about what?
(a) Cars.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Animals.
(d) Men.

3. The narrator refers to his job as shoveling what in Chapter 2?
(a) Consumer dribble.
(b) Cultural snow.
(c) Mental dung.
(d) Brain fluff.

4. How old is the protagonist of the novel?
(a) 51.
(b) 34.
(c) 19.
(d) 27.

5. In the stead where the Dolphin Hotel once stood is a building that is how many stories tall in Chapter 4?
(a) 12.
(b) 26.
(c) 18.
(d) 41.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, the writer is restless and wishes that the receptionist did not have what that night?

2. The protagonist tells his business connections that he must go where in Chapter 3?

3. The narrator of the novel describes the Dolphin Hotel as having been built where in Chapter 1?

4. What season was it when the writer returned to society after his reclusive bout described in Chapter 2?

5. In the stead where the Dolphin Hotel once stood is a building that is designed in what style in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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