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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what is he troubled?
(a) Ditching his friends.
(b) Kathleen's ability to forget her first date.
(c) This first date with Kathleen.
(d) The concept of death.

2. What does Shimon convince the protagonist to do?
(a) Go in his stead.
(b) Go home.
(c) Accompany him.
(d) Date Halina.

3. Why does Kathleen convince him to do this?
(a) He looks tired.
(b) He needs a break from reality.
(c) He admits to having eaten nothing all day.
(d) He needs to sleep.

4. What does Kathleen try to convince him to do?
(a) Rest.
(b) Go home.
(c) Eat something.
(d) Go to a movie.

5. Despite the efforts of his girlfriend and others, what does the main character find himself doing?
(a) Withdrawing from life.
(b) Becoming bored.
(c) Wanting new friends.
(d) Moving from city to city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leaving the meal uneaten, what do the protagonist and Kathleen discuss?

2. What does the protagonist tell the stranger?

3. Some time later, what does the protagonist recall for what the same man is pleading?

4. After he awakens, to what does he find himself attached?

5. What does he begin to tell the stranger?

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