V Quiz

Thomas Pynchon

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Chapter 1, In which Benny Profane, a schlemihl and human yo-yo, gets to an apocheir

Chapter 2, The Whole Sick Crew, and Chapter 3, In which Stencil, a quick-change artist, does eight impersonations

Chapter 4, In which Esther gets a nose job, Chapter 5, in which Stencil goes West with an alligator, and Chapter 6, In which Profane returns to street level

Chapter 7, She hangs on the western wall

Chapter 8, In which Rachel gets her yo-yo back, Roony sings a song, and Stencil calls on Bloody Chiclitz, and Chapter 9, Mondaugen's story

Chapter 10, In which various sets of young people get together, and Chapter 11, Confessions of Fausto Maijstral

Chapter 12, In which things are not so amusing

Chapter 13, In which the yo-yo string is revealed as a state of mind, Chapter 14, V. in love, and Chapter 15, Sahha

Chapter 16, Valletta, and Epilogue, 1919

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What does the mysterious woman who talks to the ballerina tell her about her future? (from Chapter 13, In which the yo-yo string is revealed as a state of mind, Chapter 14, V. in love, and Chapter 15, Sahha)

What is Profane worried about when he sees fights among the Playboys and how his friend(s) reconcile them? (from Chapter 4, In which Esther gets a nose job, Chapter 5, in which Stencil goes West with an alligator, and Chapter 6, In which Profane returns to street level)

Who does the dentist introduce Stencil to in Chapter 8? (from Chapter 8, In which Rachel gets her yo-yo back, Roony sings a song, and Stencil calls on Bloody Chiclitz, and Chapter 9, Mondaugen's story)

What is the famous myth that Stencil hears about in Malta? (from Chapter 16, Valletta, and Epilogue, 1919)

What does Winsome fear that Mafia is doing that he tells Rachel? (from Chapter 8, In which Rachel gets her yo-yo back, Roony sings a song, and Stencil calls on Bloody Chiclitz, and Chapter 9, Mondaugen's story)