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

2. How do Fillmore and Henry deal with the cold flat?
(a) They sleep in the same bed.
(b) They leave and go visit Carl.
(c) The burn the furniture.
(d) They sip hot toddies.

3. How much does Henry plan to spend on the blonde woman?
(a) He plans to offer to let her move in with him.
(b) He plans to get her to bed him for free.
(c) He plans to spend over a hundred francs.
(d) He plans to spend only fifty francs.

4. One place has a good room but why does he not take it?
(a) To get to his room he would have to pass through a blind man's room.
(b) He suspects it has bedbugs and fleas, although he never saw them.
(c) It is too far away from the places he likes to walk in the evenings.
(d) It is too near Sylvester's apartment and he wants to be far away.

5. How is Henry greeted by Macha when he first meets her?
(a) She looks at him imperiously and asks if he's the butler.
(b) She comes to the door wearing only a filmy negligee.
(c) She says, "So you're the writer."
(d) She refuses to recognize his presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Henry think is the one lone literary figure America has produced?

2. Why does Van Norden insist that his teeth are all rotten?

3. What does Henry do for a photographer?

4. Who is the spiritual minded person Henry meets through the photographer?

5. Why does Henry return to hustling meals and lodging?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the unfortunate condition at the University during the winter?

2. What do Henry's thoughts about the naked trollops represent?

3. What is it about Boris that Henry can never quite understand?

4. Why is it that Henry does not want to go to Russia with Tania?

5. What is the one thing that makes Van Norden's dump of a hotel acceptable?

6. Give a brief description of Van Norden.

7. Describe the nature of the job Henry accepts in Dijon.

8. Why does Henry think it is a sorry state to be human?

9. How does Henry feel going to his room in the dark dormitory late at night?

10. How do both Fillmore and Henry appear to be gullible?

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