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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Through p. 169.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Humboldt end up dying?
(a) On a plane.
(b) A hotel in Times Square.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) On the streets.

2. Why does Humboldt say his mother used to send him to Chicago?
(a) To spy on his father.
(b) To make some money.
(c) To find a wife.
(d) To go to school.

3. Why does Humboldt sneak into Dr. Longstaff's private elevator and have a meeting with him?
(a) To have Ricketts fired so he can have a chair at Princeton.
(b) He wants to discuss the great poets and impress Longstaff.
(c) To ask the Belisha Foundation to endow a chair for him.
(d) To get on his good side.

4. According to Humboldt, who is America's great Manic Depressive?
(a) Bobby Kennedy.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Teddy Roosevelt.

5. Why does Cantabile take Charlie to the Playboy Club?
(a) To meet Mike Schneiderman.
(b) He needs to relax in the sauna.
(c) To finally collect his money.
(d) To have a few drinks together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did Charlie suffer from as a boy?

2. What is Canatbile's wife doing her doctoral thesis on?

3. What college does Charlie Citrine attend?

4. Who became Humboldt's best friend after he felt Charlie deceived him?

5. Charlie ruminates over Humboldt's obituary which appears in which newspaper?

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