2. What is the name of the friend who Cristina wants the narrator to meet at the party?
(a) Julianne.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Antoine.
(d) Lauren.

3. The narrator believes that being alone is superior to ________________.
(a) Losing someone.
(b) Hurting someone.
(c) Chasing someone.
(d) Being with someone.

4. What will inevitably follow Philip's time of wandering?
(a) Depression.
(b) Escape.
(c) Mania.
(d) Uncertainty.

5. Which of the following best describes the narrator?
(a) Philanthropic.
(b) Sociable.
(c) Charitable.
(d) Elitist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cristina complain about when Philip visits her and Billy in Paris?

2. What is Cristina Wheatland's home country?

3. What does the narrator think about a good-looking boy he sees at the bar?

4. Where does the narrator go at night?

5. Which of the following do Philip and Anne-Marie NOT do the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator leaving one city and what is his destination as the novel begins?

2. How does the author provide some foreshadowing of Philip's future?

3. What is revealed about Philip's personality from his actions?

4. Is the narrator's trip to Autun real or imagined?

5. What does the narrator find at Anne-Marie's that makes him think about how advantageous Philip is and whether he should warn Anne-Marie about Philip?

6. What can be said about the narrator's reducing women to little more than sexual objects?

7. Who are the Jobses and why do the narrator and Philip spend time with them?

8. How does Anne-Marie intuitively feel about her relationship with Philip?

9. What are the circumstances in which the narrator meets Philip Dean?

10. Who is Claude Picquet and what are the narrator's thoughts about her?

(see the answer keys)

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