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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry slightly disagree with Papini?
(a) Papini desires to be alone; Henry wants loneliness.
(b) Papini flirts with religion; Henry refutes religion.
(c) Papini advises fasting; Henry advises feating.
(d) Papini needs opera; Henry prefers musical comedy.

2. What does Henry think about when he listens to Debussy?
(a) He thinks about where he can find a place to stay.
(b) He wonders how a woman feels during sex.
(c) He thinks about his next meal.
(d) He thinks about bedbugs and fleas.

3. What is the condition of the beds in the commune?
(a) They are used by three or four people at once.
(b) They are straw mats on a hard floor.
(c) They have no blankets against the cold nights.
(d) They are crawling with bedbugs.

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

5. How does Henry say he knows Nanantatee?
(a) They met in New York.
(b) Boris introduced them.
(c) They met at the Dome.
(d) They met on the ship coming from America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ironic about Henry's getting money from Peckover?

2. What does the young Hindu do that upsets the madame?

3. What woman is Henry obsessed with?

4. How does Kelpi make his living?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry see the cheap whores at the corner of Rue Amelot?

2. Why does Henry like eating with the Cronstadts the best?

3. What does Henry know about Walter Pach?

4. What is the scene at the beginning of the novel and how does it set up the condition Henry is in while in Paris?

5. How does Henry contrast a merry-go-round and the Germans?

6. How does Henry use sarcasm in describing Nanantatee's lavish apartment?

7. What are Henry's evenings with Carl like?

8. What lie does Henry tell the Cronstadts when they invite him to join their meal?

9. What had Henry hoped for when he met Serge?

10. How does Henry get away from Serge?

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