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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, From the Other Side: Chapters 153, 19, 90, 20, 126, 21, 79, 22, 62, 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 84, which character does Horacio mention is gravely ill?
(a) Rocamadour.
(b) Berthe Trepat.
(c) Pola.
(d) Etienne.

2. Who is playing in Chapter 13?
(a) Bessie Coleman.
(b) Miles Davis.
(c) Satchmo.
(d) John Coltrane.

3. Where do Horatio and La Maga meet at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) A cafe.
(b) A park bench.
(c) Her flat.
(d) A theatre.

4. What does the narrator recall at the end of Chapter 93?
(a) The fall of the Bastille.
(b) La Maga and Horcio's first date.
(c) Rocamadour's birth.
(d) Morelli's quest for publication.

5. What is Horacio's philosophical goal in Paris?
(a) Disproving Hegel.
(b) Discovering a unifying force in life.
(c) Showing that there is no single dialectic.
(d) Living a free existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Horacio in Chapter 2, who destroyed his philosophical quest?

2. By what controversial French thinker is the quote is Chapter 136?

3. What does Horacio admit to La Maga in Chapter 20?

4. What is Horacio pasting on a lamp shade at the beginning of Chapter 84?

5. How does Berthe Trepat respond to Horacio's offer of a hotel at the end of Chapter 23?

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