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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the Villa Borghese, what is the Englishman doing upstairs?
(a) Playing Bach
(b) Cooking stew
(c) Tap dancing
(d) Hammering nails

2. Having gone all day without anything to eat, what enters Henry's mind?
(a) His wife Mona who is working and has plenty to eat
(b) A banquet he once attended where he ate pheasant under glass
(c) All the food that restaurants throw into the garbage bins
(d) A book he read about cheap whores on the Rue du Pasteur-Wagner

3. Where does Henry stay warm on a cold Easter morning?
(a) In the Dome
(b) In Eglise Ste.-Clotilde
(c) In the hotel lobby
(d) In bed

4. What woman is Henry obsessed with?
(a) Claude
(b) Ginette
(c) Tania
(d) Mona Lisa

5. Who does Henry praise for putting her whole soul into her whoring?
(a) Germaine
(b) Fanny
(c) Claude
(d) Tania

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Henry believe is undermining him during the last days in Villa Borghese?

2. How does Henry sum up his idea of le bel aujourd'hui?

3. Where does Henry brush against Walter Pach?

4. What is the main thing worrying Henry about his writing?

5. With what person does Henry compare his writing?

(see the answer key)

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