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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kathleen invite Charlie to go?
(a) Back to Coney Island to speak with Waldemar.
(b) To her home in Nevada.
(c) A Mediterranean paradise where she is filming.
(d) To a quiet life with her in Brooklyn.

2. How much does Charlie tell Renata he earned for his Trenck movie rights?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $300,000.

3. Who is Julius's wife?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Ulick.
(d) Menasha.

4. How does Charlie get Waldemar to finally show him the contents of the envelope Humboldt has left him?
(a) Threatening legal action.
(b) Grabbing it and running.
(c) Using his tears for pity.
(d) By being honest.

5. Who comes to tell Charlie that Stronson has dropped the charges against him?
(a) Pierre.
(b) The cop in Stronson's office.
(c) Stronson's receptionist.
(d) Szathmar.

6. What project does Julius offer Charlie to get in on the ground floor with him?
(a) A first edition of The Ark.
(b) The sale of Cuban cigars.
(c) A luxury hotel in the Gulf of Mexico.
(d) A new opera house in Milan.

7. What group has Stronson under investigation according to The Tribune?
(a) The Mafia.
(b) The Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The FBI.

8. How does Charlie plan to come up with the seed money to get in on Julius's new venture?
(a) Call Kathleen for the money.
(b) Ask Rinaldo for a loan.
(c) Follow up on some of Thaxter's ideas for essays in Europe.
(d) Sell Humboldt's Treatment on his own.

9. What is it that Charlie believes Cantabile loves to make?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Plans to join the Mafia.
(c) Conversation with Charlie.
(d) Threats.

10. What film does Charlie discover has been made without authorization?
(a) Humboldt's life story.
(b) The Treatment.
(c) The Antarctica Expedition.
(d) Charlie's biography.

11. What is Pierre's reason for not yet publishing an issue of The Ark?
(a) Charlie sent him too much anthroposophy material.
(b) He needs paper to print it on.
(c) No one sent submissions for the journal.
(d) He needs more money.

12. Where does the final scene in the book take place?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) Coney Island.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) The pension in Madrid.

13. How does Humboldt address Charlie in his posthumous letter?
(a) Dear Charles.
(b) Dear Traitor.
(c) Dear Friend.
(d) Dear Shoveleer.

14. Who ended up taking most of Humboldt's papers, clothes, and valuables?
(a) Kathleen.
(b) His gambling uncle, Waldemar.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Huggins.

15. Who informs Charlie that the IRS will not leave Charlie alone?
(a) Renata.
(b) Denise
(c) Murra.
(d) Pierre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Charlie get the money to pay for the $200,000 bond?

2. What does Denise let Charlie know via a note from his daughter?

3. After his surgery, what does Julius want Charlie to do for up to $8,000?

4. What is Guido Stronson trying to do that has Rinaldo furious?

5. What does Renata end up doing because Charlie has not proposed marriage?

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