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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the movie playing at the Cine Combat?
(a) The Jazz Singer
(b) Gone With the Wind
(c) Metropolis
(d) Notorious

2. What does Carl say makes him want to go to Arizona?
(a) It is a place where they look you square in the eye.
(b) It is a place where there is lots of space.
(c) It is a good place for his allergies.
(d) It is a place where he can find quiet to write.

3. In spite of Marlowe's assurances, what do Carl and Henry know he will not do?
(a) Pay them when he returns
(b) Bring them souvenirs from America
(c) Recommend them for jobs
(d) Write them them every day

4. How does Henry sum up his idea of le bel aujourd'hui?
(a) Sunshine and lilacs all year long
(b) Sitting down to a good meal daily
(c) No sorrows, no regrets, no past, no future
(d) No memories, no suffering, no interruptions

5. What is the main thing worrying Henry about his writing?
(a) Someone stealing his ideas
(b) Never having enough light to see by
(c) Not knowing where he can sit to write
(d) Having a serious writer's block

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry's perception of Mr. Wren, the American artist and writer?

2. Why is Boris intimidated by his wife?

3. On what are Henry and Boris talking about collaborating?

4. Where does Henry brush against Walter Pach?

5. Why does Boris not introduce Henry to the American woman who comes to see the apartment?

(see the answer key)

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