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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry buy with the money he takes from Peckover?
(a) Coffee and a croissant
(b) A cheap bottle of wine
(c) A dozen eggs
(d) An American breakfast

2. What does Henry say is the worst writing job he undertook?
(a) A thesis for a deaf and dumb psychologist
(b) Instruction for assembling kitchen gadgets
(c) Jingles for newspaper ads
(d) Children's stories about a mouse

3. What has Van Norden lost at the Bal Negre?
(a) His toupee
(b) His gold pen
(c) His false teeth
(d) His wallet

4. Why does Henry return to hustling meals and lodging?
(a) He doesn't make enough money on his job.
(b) He gets fired from his job.
(c) Nanantatee kicks him out.
(d) He is trying to save his own money.

5. What does Henry want to see in the Pension Orfila?
(a) The lavatories with the gold fixtures
(b) The room where Strindberg once lived
(c) The bust of Homer
(d) The fabled murals by Picasso

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry see as the only faults of Swift's mistress and model?

2. Why is Henry always looking for a free meal?

3. Where does Henry stay warm on a cold Easter morning?

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

5. How does Henry slightly disagree with Papini?

(see the answer key)

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