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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Proteus, Chapters 15-19 and Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Klara place upon each table on the night of her performance at the Cabaret theater called the Committee?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) A business card.
(d) A rope.

2. Whose shift does Simon cover when he "wakes up with a red dot on the white of his left eye"? (86)
(a) Robert.
(b) Richie.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Daniel.

3. What is the name of the policeman who roughs up Simon outside of the police station?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Marty.
(c) Brian.
(d) Jeffrey.

4. What job does Gertie take after dropping out of college?
(a) Receptionist at a law firm.
(b) Teller at a bank.
(c) Typist at a medical office.
(d) Cook at a restaurant.

5. Who is the only person who knows that Simon died of AIDS on the date the fortune teller foretold?
(a) Klara.
(b) Gertie.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What San Francisco district does Simon describe as feeling "like a fallout shelter" (79) amidst the unrest elsewhere in the world?

2. What type of alcohol does Klara prefer for its "clarity and smarting punch" (141) once she returns to drinking after Ruby's birth?

3. When Klara sees the statue of Janus's head, it reminds her of the fortune teller. What is NOT an element over which the deity of Janus is said to preside?

4. Who knocks at the door of Klara's hotel suite when she is waiting for one knock from Simon that will tell her to commit suicide and to join him in the afterlife?

5. The Hindu family in the Gold family's building calls the fortune teller a "rishika" (5), which means a what?

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