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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Henry's metaphor for his artistic suffering?
(a) Lying down with lions
(b) Being enslaved
(c) Walking on hot coals
(d) Digging graves

2. Who are most of Henry's friends in Paris?
(a) Jews
(b) Waiters
(c) Other Americans
(d) Spaniards

3. What is Henry's description of Marlowe?
(a) The living epitome of Ickabod Crane
(b) A scarecrow in a cornfield
(c) Nothing but a skull perforated by two deep sockets
(d) A broomstick wearing clothes

4. How does Moldorf view Sylvester?
(a) As a great artist
(b) As a god
(c) As an inept writer
(d) As a pitiful human being

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry sum up his idea of le bel aujourd'hui?

2. Who does Henry believe is undermining him during the last days in Villa Borghese?

3. What has Van Norden lost at the Bal Negre?

4. What does Marlowe want Henry and Carl to do during his absence?

5. Why can Henry not go to the cinema or into the opium joint?

(see the answer key)

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