4. After Gene and Christine leave the bar, Paul and Kathryn discuss ________________________.
(a) their finances.
(b) Paul's manuscript.
(c) how they would feel if one of them had an affair.
(d) holiday plans.

5. Why does Kathryn especially hate her job?
(a) Her boss yells at her.
(b) She doesn't make much money.
(c) She is underutilized.
(d) The commute is too long.

6. What literary device does the author use when describing the sight of the big man beating up the little man over a woman outside a bar?
(a) Simile.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

7. Kathryn's support of Gene and Christine's affair shows that _______________________.
(a) she likes Gene.
(b) she tries to be a good person.
(c) her thoughts of her own marriage are changing.
(d) she has loose morals.

8. Where does Paul's wife work?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A public relations firm.
(c) A college.
(d) A hospital.

9. Where does Gene live with his parents?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Queens.

10. Who is the young mother who Paul and Kathryn meet at the party?
(a) Christine.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Janet.
(d) Joanne.

11. Where has Kathryn gone for the weekend so that Paul can write?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) A bed and breakfast.
(c) A weekend cruise.
(d) An offsite meeting for work.

12. What does Kathryn later tell Paul when she calls him from work?
(a) He needs to pay the utility bills.
(b) She doesn't want Gene to bring girls to their apartment anymore.
(c) She will be leaving work early today.
(d) He needs to get some fresh vegetables at the market.

13. Stofsky finds his own poetry to be ________________.
(a) brilliant.
(b) adolescent.
(c) inspired.
(d) pedantic.

14. What lie does Paul tell Gene in order to get him to come out for a drink?
(a) Kathryn has left him.
(b) His father just died.
(c) His manuscript was rejected.
(d) He is going to Mexico in the morning.

15. Stofsky receives a letter from ___________________ from his Merchant Marine days.
(a) Jack Waters.
(b) Jack Morton.
(c) Jack Dennison.
(d) Jack Daniels.