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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Humboldt releases himself from Mt. Sinai and begins to sue people, why does he not sue Charlie right away?

2. What is the name of the private eye Humboldt hired?

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

4. Why does Cantabile stay behind in the bathroom after speaking with Charlie?

5. When Cantabile approaches Thaxter and Charlie, what does he want Charlie to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cantabile make it clear to Charlie that he thinks he is vain?

2. What does Humboldt believe Kathleen's father did to her to keep her away from Humboldt?

3. Why does Pierre Thaxter rush to get into Cantabile's car and forgo buying the fish knives he had set out to purchase?

4. How does Humboldt end up getting over six thousand dollars from Charlie after Charlie has a successful Broadway show?

5. Humboldt used to accuse Charlie of trying to spend his whole life in the upper stories of higher consciousness. What is Humboldt's definition of higher consciousness?

6. Charlie plays racquetball with Vito LangobardiIn, a big-time hoodlum. In what way is Charlie attached to Vito?

7. What does meeting Naomi Lutz, Charlie's school-days' sweetheart, lead him to thoughts of?

8. Why does George dislike Dick Durnwald?

9. When Charlie is being told by Judge Urbanovich that he cannot be allowed to dabble in the middle class and then drop out, how does Charlie react?

10. What is Humboldt's reaction when Charlie tells him that the Chair, Ricketts, cannot give Humboldt a Poetry Chair because of budgetary reasons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Charlie's brother, Julius, is about to undergo heart surgery. He is seen as being very overweight and a keen businessman.

Compare Julius to Humboldt. Also compare their relationships with Charlie.

Essay Topic 2

Renata marries Flonzaley without first informing Charlie. Describe Renata's reasoning for doing this. What is Charlie's reaction? Is he justified in his reaction?

Essay Topic 3

Charlie feels he must leave New York and forgo travel to Europe because his brother, Julius, is about to undergo open-heart surgery in Texas. Renata bases her refusal to accompany Charlie to Texas on the notion that she would appear as a gold-digging bimbo if she went in any role but wife.

Why is Charlie reluctant to see Renata go off to Milan on her own? What does he fear will happen?

Even though Charlie may love Renata for many reasons beyond the shallow ones, he is clearly not ready to make the matrimonial commitment. Why not?

Can Charlie have his cake with Renata and eat it too? Does he even want to?

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