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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, The Utility of Fiction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator attempt to sit and write about?
(a) He tries to write about Amanda.
(b) He tries to write about Allagash.
(c) He tries to write about his brother.
(d) He tries to write about the magazine.

2. How does the narrator convince himself to stay out with Tad instead of just going home?
(a) The narrator tells himself he will find another woman to love if he stays out.
(b) The narrator tells himself Tad has never let him down.
(c) The narrator just wants a pick-me-up, then will leave for home.
(d) The narrator knows he has a serious addiction and needs the drugs.

3. What was the narrator's most significant contact with The Druid?
(a) The day the Druid caught the narrator snorting coke in the bathroom.
(b) The Druid's unexpected presence at the narrator's wedding.
(c) The Druid's concern over the President's usage of the word "precipitous."
(d) The day the Druid sat on an old lady in the subway.

4. Who is The Druid?
(a) He is a ghost of a man who has been working on an article for seven years.
(b) He is an often-encountered man on the subway.
(c) He is the narrator's direct superior, nicknamed Clingfast.
(d) He is the fourth man to head the company.

5. Who is the narrator's direct supervisor?
(a) Rittenhouse.
(b) Megan Avery.
(c) Clara Tillinghast.
(d) Yasu Wade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scent does the narrator catch on Bleecker street?

2. Who does the narrator encounter at the club?

3. What river is the narrator gazing across?

4. What is the significance of the corner of Bleecker and Cornelia street?

5. About how often is the narrator late to work?

(see the answer key)

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