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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 35-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the nicest object in his apartment?
(a) The double bed.
(b) The stove.
(c) The painting.
(d) The rocking chair.

2. Where does the narrator decide to go to write for the day after seeing Hans Pauli?
(a) The riverside.
(b) The public gardens.
(c) Back home.
(d) The public library.

3. What does the narrator claim the woman is losing?
(a) Her honour.
(b) Her book.
(c) Her sanity.
(d) Her house.

4. What newspaper covers the walls of the narrator's apartment?
(a) Boston Post.
(b) Evening Standard.
(c) The Morning Times.
(d) New York Herald.

5. Where does the narrator say he is sending the package?
(a) Smyrna.
(b) Tangiers.
(c) Beirut.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find in his pawned waistcoat pocket?

2. Why does the narrator give up on his idea of writing "Crimes of the Future"?

3. Who does the narrator overtake as he leaves the park to return to the pawnshop?

4. What falls out of the narrator's pocket as he takes out his papers?

5. What weapon does the guard at the firehouse carry?

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