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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Babylon in Brooklyn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what are Cy's earliest memories?
(a) A ship from India coming into port one day and the excitement of it.
(b) His mother leaning over his bed and singing him a lullaby.
(c) A pig being slaughtered next door.
(d) Laughing summer crowds.

2. What are Riley's rules of courtship?
(a) To treat them tenderly under the needle and harshly under him.
(b) To keep his professional life and sexual life seperate.
(c) To slap, grip, fist and dog-mount women.
(d) To court for at least a day before sex.

3. From what does Cy avert his eyes?
(a) From the ice cream peddler down the street.
(b) From the neighbor's wife who is always naked.
(c) From his father's ash urn.
(d) From sick people coughing into basins.

4. Who is Lulu?
(a) A bareback trick rider.
(b) A tightrope walker.
(c) One of the co-joined twins.
(d) The gentle performing elephant that accidentally crushes a man to death.

5. What does Cy observe as he is searching for shells?
(a) His neighbor hitting his wife.
(b) A boat in the harbor go up in flames.
(c) Jonty and the girl Cy loves kissing.
(d) A plane plunge into the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the Varga Oyster Bar?

2. Who is Colin Willacy?

3. How does Morecambe celebrate the coming armistice?

4. What happens when Cy breaks the glass?

5. What does Riley offer Cy?

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