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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the condition of the beds in the commune?
(a) They are straw mats on a hard floor.
(b) They are used by three or four people at once.
(c) They are crawling with bedbugs.
(d) They have no blankets against the cold nights.

2. Where is Henry staying as the novel opens?
(a) The YMCA
(b) The Dome
(c) Villa Broghese
(d) The Ritz Hotel

3. How does Henry say he knows Nanantatee?
(a) They met at the Dome.
(b) Boris introduced them.
(c) They met in New York.
(d) They met on the ship coming from America.

4. What is Marlowe's usual trick to get out of paying a bar bill?
(a) He makes a quick trip to the toilet.
(b) He mumbles about leaving his wallet in other pants.
(c) He pretends he is going blind.
(d) He pretends he doesn't see the bill.

5. How does Henry slightly disagree with Papini?
(a) Papini desires to be alone; Henry wants loneliness.
(b) Papini flirts with religion; Henry refutes religion.
(c) Papini advises fasting; Henry advises feating.
(d) Papini needs opera; Henry prefers musical comedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Fillmore so taken with Macha?

2. What emotion does Claude arouse in Henry?

3. What woman is Henry obsessed with?

4. What is it in Irene's expensive hotel that makes Henry think about Van Norden?

5. Where is Marlowe about to go?

(see the answer key)

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