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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Normally a slob, how does Nanantatee change after Henry moves in?
(a) He hires a maid.
(b) He starts picking up after himself.
(c) He moves them into a fancy hotel.
(d) He becomes excessively clean.

2. How does Henry say he knows Nanantatee?
(a) They met on the ship coming from America.
(b) Boris introduced them.
(c) They met at the Dome.
(d) They met in New York.

3. What happens in Henry's head as Moldorf reads the letter from Fanny, his wife in America?
(a) He daydreams of flying to America
(b) One of his surrealist fantasies
(c) He thinks about his own wife, Mona
(d) He gets a migraine

4. Why does Henry say that no one ever dies in Paris?
(a) Paris never forgets imbecils.
(b) You can read the names of famous people written on walls.
(c) No one stays long enough to die.
(d) People in Paris only drink wine.

5. How does Henry slightly disagree with Papini?
(a) Papini advises fasting; Henry advises feating.
(b) Papini desires to be alone; Henry wants loneliness.
(c) Papini needs opera; Henry prefers musical comedy.
(d) Papini flirts with religion; Henry refutes religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry imagine is the value of the ring he tries to pawn?

2. Why could Henry never show Mona the Paris he loves?

3. What is Henry's paranoia at Sylvester's house?

4. How does Henry describe the poor people of Paris?

5. What is Marlowe's usual trick to get out of paying a bar bill?

(see the answer key)

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