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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Henry say Carl and Boris are sufferers?
(a) They lack self-confidence.
(b) They are mad and tone deaf.
(c) They are bewitched by words.
(d) They are hungry and tired.

2. What does Van Norden call everyone?
(a) Prick
(b) George
(c) Scumbag
(d) Joe

3. What weakness appears in Henry as he plans how to use the money given to him?
(a) He finds a budget place to live but shells out money to women.
(b) He buys expensive liquour and invites Fillmore over.
(c) He cannot pass up the French pastries at the bakery.
(d) He buys new clothes and goes to the opera.

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

5. What does Fillmore leave for Henry every morning after he moves in?
(a) Blank paper and a filled pen
(b) Breakfast in bedFrech coffee and croissants
(c) A book to read
(d) A ten franc note

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Germaine look to Henry in the clear light of day?

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

3. What is Henry's derogatory name for the Indian, Nanantatee?

4. When Henry is alone with Tania, what does she do?

5. How are Boris and Henry planning to write THE LAST BOOK?

(see the answer key)

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