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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the blond woman react to Henry's offer of fifty francs?
(a) She accepts it with gratitude.
(b) She screams out that he is a miser.
(c) She laughs in his face and makes him ashamed.
(d) She is insulted and Henry fears she might make a scene.

2. At the blonde woman's apartment, what feeling does Henry have when she goes to see her sick mother?
(a) He decides to leave and never come back.
(b) He thinks the woman is holding out for more money.
(c) He feels that he is in some kind of drama that will be in the morning papers.
(d) He fears that some kind of scam is being pulled on him.

3. What is the first thing the Hindu religious wants to do?
(a) Set up a lecture schedule
(b) Visit a brothel
(c) Climb the Eiffel Tower
(d) Visit the Louvre

4. What does Henry do for a photographer?
(a) He writes captions for his photographs.
(b) He poses for pornographic pictures for a German collector.
(c) He finds whores for him to photograph.
(d) He learns to work in his darkroom.

5. What author does Henry discover that cheers him?
(a) Benedetto Croce
(b) Goethe
(c) Papini
(d) Immanuel Kant

Short Answer Questions

1. If Emerson is correct in saying that life consists of what a man thinks, what is Henry at this point?

2. What does Van Norden call everyone?

3. What weakness appears in Henry as he plans how to use the money given to him?

4. Where is Marlowe about to go?

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

(see the answer key)

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