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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 is responsible for Life magazine commissioning an article from Charlie?
(a) Denise.
(b) Renata.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Demmie.

2. What does Cantabile ultimately do with most of the money Charlie gives him?
(a) He buys a couple of watches from an old man.
(b) He folds the bills into planes and drops them from a tall building.
(c) He gives it all back to Charlie.
(d) He rips the money into tiny pieces and makes Charlie eat it.

3. Despite an action Humboldt takes, Von Trenck is a hit. What does Humboldt do to try and prevent this?
(a) He writes letters to newspapers about the play being bad.
(b) He attempts to bribe the critics.
(c) He pickets the theatre.
(d) He tries to murder the main actors.

4. When a wrinkled postcard falls to the floor, what does Charlie see that it is?
(a) A rejection of his latest writing submission.
(b) A threatening note from Cantabile.
(c) A last love note from Denise.
(d) A poem that Humboldt wrote.

5. Where does Humboldt refuse to go and lecture in 1952?
(a) Yale University in Connecticut.
(b) Oxford University in England..
(c) Free University in Berlin.
(d) Moscow State University in Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which government official does Charlie spend five days with while writing an article for Life magazine?

2. When Humboldt attacks Magnasco on the streets of New York, who saves the young fellow's life?

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

4. When Humboldt calls Charlie at the Bellasco Theatre from Bellvue, what does he want?

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

(see the answer key)

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