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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Henry's fantasy about Fanny, what is happening to her?
(a) She is blowing up li9ke a balloon.
(b) She is crying hysterically.
(c) She is melting.
(d) Something is tickling her.

2. What is the main thing worrying Henry about his writing?
(a) Not knowing where he can sit to write
(b) Someone stealing his ideas
(c) Having a serious writer's block
(d) Never having enough light to see by

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

4. With what person does Henry compare his writing?
(a) Boris, another writer
(b) Moldorf, the dwarf
(c) Napoleon
(d) Mona, his wife

5. What is the movie playing at the Cine Combat?
(a) Gone With the Wind
(b) Metropolis
(c) The Jazz Singer
(d) Notorious

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the people from who are coming to view the Villa Borghese apartment?

2. What does Henry resist taking from the Cronstadt baby?

3. Who does Henry praise for putting her whole soul into her whoring?

4. Having gone all day without anything to eat, what enters Henry's mind?

5. What is Henry's problem as the novel opens?

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