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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stingo begin reading at work?
(a) art books
(b) more radical newspapers
(c) already published novels
(d) the Wall Street Journal

2. In Chapter 3, Stingo does not yet know Sophie or Nathan well, but they wake him in the morning and ask him what?
(a) if he knew how to speak German
(b) to join them on an outing to Coney Island
(c) if their noise disturbed him
(d) if he was a Jew

3. Who does Stingo watch from his apartment?
(a) the comings and goings of bookies
(b) his kid sister who lives down the hall
(c) the police, he's across from a station
(d) the woman who lives in an upscale home across the way

4. What did Morris see the morning Stingo goes with them for a day out?
(a) Nathan with another woman
(b) Nathan slapping Sophie as she lies on the floor
(c) a bunch of Catholics going to mass
(d) Sophie packing her bags

5. To what later comedian does the older narrator compare Nathan?
(a) Laurel and Hardy
(b) Steven Martin
(c) Lenny Bruce
(d) Bob Hope

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of apartment does Stingo have?

2. How does Farrell handle a life he hates?

3. Stingo falls asleep on the ride to Coney Island he has dreams. How does he feel when he awakens?

4. How do Sophie and Nathan dress after their fight?

5. Where is Stingo originally from?

(see the answer key)

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