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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Less Moroccan and Less Indian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object is given to Arthur at the prize ceremony in Italy?
(a) A golden statuette.
(b) A watch.
(c) A trip to New York City.
(d) A book of poetry.

2. Arthur is described by the narrator as someone who can "sometimes touch another and send the spark of his own" what "into theirs"? (114)
(a) Electric spark.
(b) Life force.
(c) Nervous system.
(d) Electric charge.

3. In what sport had Arthur's one moment of athletic prowess occurred when he was 12 years old?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Lacrosse.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

4. What adverb does the narrator use to describe the way in which the camel carries Arthur across the desert?
(a) Sullenly.
(b) Nobly.
(c) Clumsily.
(d) Pointlessly.

5. What occasion had served as the final time the members of the Russian River School had assembled together?
(a) Marian's stroke.
(b) Arthur's winning of the Wilde and Stein Award.
(c) Robert's winning of the Pulitzer Prize.
(d) Stella's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rather than considering himself German, what nationality does Bastian call his own?

2. What is the name of the local writer who acts as Arthur's escort during his time in Mexico?

3. When Arthur goes to dinner with Hans and Hans's friends, he blurts out, "You boys don't know anything about" (106) what?

4. With what object does Arthur return when he seeks a remedy for Bastian's fever?

5. The writer's retreat attended by Arthur in India is on a hill above which sea?

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