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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 Pierre's reason for not yet publishing an issue of The Ark?
(a) Charlie sent him too much anthroposophy material.
(b) No one sent submissions for the journal.
(c) He needs paper to print it on.
(d) He needs more money.

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

3. What does Cantabile offer to give Charlie while in his apartment?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A gun.
(c) Money.
(d) A share of stock.

4. Who is Orlando Huggins?
(a) The game warden in Nevada.
(b) The executor of Humboldt's estate.
(c) Kathleen's third husband.
(d) Kathleen's divorce lawyer.

5. Who arranges for Renata and Charlie to get together at a subway bar?
(a) Szathmar.
(b) Karamazov.
(c) Scheldt.
(d) Koffritz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cantabile want Charlie to go with him once they meet in the street outside the Baths?

2. What film director did Humboldt admire?

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

4. Charlie ruminates over Humboldt's obituary which appears in which newspaper?

5. Who gave Charlie an embroidered needlepoint cushion when he and Renata had a falling out?

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