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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 & 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator often have with himself?
(a) Long, imaginary conversations with his father.
(b) Long, imaginary conversations with his mother.
(c) Long, imaginary conversations with Charlotte.
(d) Confidence-building sessions.

2. Upon what does Albertine depend?
(a) Her family's largesse.
(b) Government subsidies.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Her son's love.

3. Who moves in with the narrator's family?
(a) The narrator's maternal aunt.
(b) The narrator's paternal aunt.
(c) The narrator's first cousin.
(d) The narrator's paternal grandmother.

4. What does the narrator believe about the soldiers he watches?
(a) No outside thoughts can penetrate their minds.
(b) They join the military seeking honor.
(c) They join the military seeking redemption.
(d) They were coerced into the military.

5. What does the narrator spend his time doing?
(a) Writing biographical notes.
(b) Panhandling.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Working for a meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Pashka become jealous?

2. How does Charlotte receive table scraps?

3. To what do conversations drift at dinner parties according to the narrator?

4. Why is the narrator not allowed to travel to the USSR?

5. What does Charlotte start believing about her husband?

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