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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. Who does not feel like maggots in an infected carcass, as they are regarded in the nicer end of town?
(a) Sailors.
(b) Visitors to Riley's tattoo parlour.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Jonty and Cy.

2. How do women's tattoos differ from men's?
(a) They almost always have purple and pink in them.
(b) They are more colorful.
(c) They are smaller and more discreet than men's and entirely personal.
(d) They are usually flowers.

3. About what is Riley a stickler?
(a) Hygiene.
(b) Payment.
(c) Design.
(d) Color.

4. What amazes Cy?
(a) That Riley hums hymns while he works.
(b) That Riley seldoms is aroused by his naked female clients.
(c) That someone so flaccid and bawdy can be so intricate and precise in his line work.
(d) That Riley can be drunk and create magnificent tattoos.

5. What does Cy share with his mother?
(a) Nothing; he does not really talk to her much anymore.
(b) A secret about Jonty.
(c) His wages.
(d) A worry he has about his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonesy think is keeping the ladies away from Cy?

2. What does Cy see in the discharge basin one day?

3. What can Riley accept?

4. What are Riley's rules of courtship?

5. What is a key to the customer's personality?

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