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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, Through p. 342.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kafka's description of Steiner?
(a) An artist stuck in the insurance business.
(b) A man for all seasons.
(c) His superior in philosophical ideas.
(d) A phony.

2. Who is the poker game at George's house organized around?
(a) An undertaker.
(b) Charlie.
(c) The tuxedo-renting Lithuanian.
(d) Rinaldo and his cousin.

3. When Humboldt attacks Magnasco on the streets of New York, who saves the young fellow's life?
(a) Charlie Citrine.
(b) The staff of Howard Johnson's.
(c) A nearby police officer.
(d) A group of lesbians dressed like longshoremen.

4. Who hires the psychiatrist, specializing in sex, for Charlie to talk with?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Humboldt.
(c) Demmie.
(d) Denise.

5. Where does Cantabile tell Charlie to meet him with the money?
(a) The Russian Bath.
(b) The Carnegie Deli.
(c) The Downtown Club.
(d) The Belasco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flower does Charlie see Rinaldo as?

2. What does Humboldt say about Citrine winning the Pulitzer Prize for his book?

3. What does Charlie buy on Wacker Drive?

4. When is Lucy due back from Nevada?

5. Why does Humboldt say his mother used to send him to Chicago?

(see the answer key)

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