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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 does Cy realize about life?
(a) That he is old enough to understand the vagaries of life.
(b) That it is always wonderful.
(c) That it is never wonderful.
(d) That it can be messy and cruel.

2. What does Riley offer Cy?
(a) An apprenticeship.
(b) A truce.
(c) A few dollars a week to help him.
(d) A message for his mother.

3. With what is Coney Island drunk?
(a) With life.
(b) With the idea of freedom to be.
(c) With vulgarity, surrealism and pure stimulation.
(d) With youth.

4. Who slices the rope?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A woman with a machete.
(c) His friends.
(d) An angry looking man.

5. Why does Cy's mother board these "guests"?
(a) She is a saint.
(b) She believes it is her duty.
(c) These guests pay her bills.
(d) Her husband forces her to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cy like around him?

2. What can Riley not bear to inscribe on Cy?

3. Who is Arturas?

4. Who is Muriel?

5. What has Claudia been doing for eight years?

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