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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Henry is writing about Claude, of whom is he really thinking?
(a) Tania
(b) Fanny
(c) Mona
(d) Germaine

2. How are Boris and Henry planning to write THE LAST BOOK?
(a) Each one writing every other chapter
(b) Anonymously
(c) In French and German
(d) Dictating to a secretary

3. What is Henry's problem as the novel opens?
(a) He lost his wallet.
(b) He needs a desk or table to write on.
(c) He is about to be evicted.
(d) He is seriously ill.

4. Where is Henry staying as the novel opens?
(a) Villa Broghese
(b) The YMCA
(c) The Dome
(d) The Ritz Hotel

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marlowe about to go?

2. What happens in Henry's head as Moldorf reads the letter from Fanny, his wife in America?

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

4. At the Villa Borghese, what is the Englishman doing upstairs?

5. How does Henry say Moldorf hears his own voice?

(see the answer key)

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