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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. Who asks Sylvester if he can stay with him until he goes to bed?
(a) Moldorf
(b) Henry
(c) Boris
(d) Cronstadt

2. Where does Henry stay warm on a cold Easter morning?
(a) In the Dome
(b) In bed
(c) In the hotel lobby
(d) In Eglise Ste.-Clotilde

3. Why can Henry not go to the cinema or into the opium joint?
(a) He is short a few sous.
(b) He has been banned from both places.
(c) He can't afford to be seen there.
(d) He needs to save the money to buy breakfast.

4. In Henry's fantasy about Fanny, what is happening to her?
(a) She is crying hysterically.
(b) She is melting.
(c) She is blowing up li9ke a balloon.
(d) Something is tickling her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Serge want to learn?

2. How does Nanantatee irritate Henry?

3. How does Henry say he knows Nanantatee?

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. What does Elsa say bout the Englishman upstairs playing Bach?

2. How does Henry describe the relationship between him, Boris, and Elsa?

3. How does Henry describe Moldorf?

4. What does Serge promise in lieu of a big Russian meal each day?

5. How does Henry get away from Serge?

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

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

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

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

10. What importance does Henry place on both the past and the future?

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