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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. When Humboldt and Kathleen visit Charlie after Humboldt had just given a reading at Yale, what does Kathleen intimate to Charlie she plans to do?
(a) Leave Humboldt.
(b) Get hold of Humboldt's money.
(c) Have Humboldt murdered.
(d) Stay with Humboldt, no matter what he does to her.

2. In which decade did Von Humboldt Fleisher publish his book of ballads?
(a) The Twenties.
(b) The Fifties.
(c) The Thirties.
(d) The Forties.

3. Who hires the psychiatrist, specializing in sex, for Charlie to talk with?
(a) Denise.
(b) Humboldt.
(c) Demmie.
(d) Charlie.

4. When a wrinkled postcard falls to the floor, what does Charlie see that it is?
(a) A threatening note from Cantabile.
(b) A last love note from Denise.
(c) A rejection of his latest writing submission.
(d) A poem that Humboldt wrote.

5. When Humboldt releases himself from Mt. Sinai and begins to sue people, why does he not sue Charlie right away?
(a) He still feels friendly towards Charlie.
(b) He has no energy left for it.
(c) He is waiting to see if Von Trenck makes money.
(d) He is hoping Charlie will produce Kathleen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Charlie find at the Russian Baths and is happy that it is not George Siewell?

2. Where does Cantabile tell Charlie to meet him with the money?

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

4. What did George Swiebell do before he began his contracting business?

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

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