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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Babylon in Brooklyn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cy hear through the window of the building he climbs?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) Music.
(c) Mechanical bee sounds and voices.
(d) A scream.

2. What does the city seem to generate?
(a) The energy of illumination from within.
(b) Crime.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Languor.

3. What is a distinct favorite of Cy and his friends?
(a) A line of Bathing Beauties parades barer than ever and Gaynor Shearer's erect nipples.
(b) The blaring music.
(c) The cotton candy.
(d) The ice cream machine.

4. What amazes Cy?
(a) That Riley seldoms is aroused by his naked female clients.
(b) That Riley can be drunk and create magnificent tattoos.
(c) That Riley hums hymns while he works.
(d) That someone so flaccid and bawdy can be so intricate and precise in his line work.

5. Where does Cy work?
(a) In a print shop in the afternoons.
(b) At the stables.
(c) In a blacksmith shop.
(d) In a bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Riley not bear to inscribe on Cy?

2. For what does Cy get in trouble at school?

3. Who is Colin Willacy?

4. Of what is Riley protective?

5. Of what is Coney Island proof?

(see the answer key)

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