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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. What's the only way Riley would consider himself a father figure to Cy?
(a) If Cy can prove Riley is his real father.
(b) If Cy can beat him in arm wrestling.
(c) If Cy's mother wants Riley to serve that purpose.
(d) If he can bring his fine-legged mother into the equation.

2. Why is Riley offering Cy an apprenticeship?
(a) Because he knew Cy's father.
(b) To pass on his artisanship and genius to someone before he dies.
(c) Because he thinks Cy will turn out to be no good otherwise.
(d) Because he is in love with Cy's mother.

3. Where does Riley take Cy for his first visit to a pub?
(a) The Dog and Partridge.
(b) The Partidge Tree.
(c) The Lion's Den.
(d) The Dog and Pony Inn.

4. Of what is Coney Island proof?
(a) That human depravity is alive and well.
(b) That the Victorian era cannot conjure out the black Gothic soul or suppress its darker energy.
(c) That the stranger one is the more money one can make.
(d) That freedom to be eccentric exists.

5. Who is Arturas?
(a) A cart man.
(b) A stevedore.
(c) The best tattoo artist in New York.
(d) An acrobat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Riley offer Cy?

2. What is a tattooist's paradise and can easily accommodate more artists?

3. Why do women trust Riley?

4. What do tattoos eventually become?

5. What does fine-line hatching do?

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