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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Through p. 169.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who became Humboldt's best friend after he felt Charlie deceived him?
(a) Simkin.
(b) Scaccia.
(c) Magnasco.
(d) Huggins.

2. How does Charlie Citrine make a fortune?
(a) He writes a Broadway play.
(b) He writes a best-selling novel.
(c) He wins the Nobel Prize.
(d) He writes a film score.

3. What is the reason Magnasco does not want to call the police on Humboldt?
(a) He does not want to get a bad name within the New York culture crowd.
(b) He does not want revenge from Charlie Citrine.
(c) He intends to attack Humboldt himself when the time comes.
(d) He is afraid Humboldt will attack him further.

4. What happens to Charlie's Mercedes-Benz one night in Chicago?
(a) It is attacked with what appears to be baseball bats.
(b) It is stolen.
(c) It is painted over.
(d) It is ticketed.

5. What disease did Charlie suffer from as a boy?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Polio.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimately happens to Humboldt's chair position at Princeton?

2. How much money does Charlie lose at the poker game, including what he loses to Rinaldo?

3. According to Humboldt, who is America's great Manic Depressive?

4. Why does someone who calls Charlie in the middle of the night say that Charlie owes him $450?

5. What is the name of the private eye Humboldt hired?

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