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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 14, Through p. 376.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cantabile approaches Thaxter and Charlie, what does he want Charlie to do?
(a) Go to lunch with him and Polly.
(b) Take him to the Arts Museum.
(c) Introduce Thaxter to him.
(d) Get into the car.

2. How much does Charlie tell Renata he earned for his Trenck movie rights?
(a) $300,000.
(b) $500,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $1,000,000.

3. Who does Charlie get a call from while lunching in The Oak Room with Renata?
(a) Julius.
(b) Thaxter.
(c) Cantabile.
(d) Szathmar.

4. Despite an action Humboldt takes, Von Trenck is a hit. What does Humboldt do to try and prevent this?
(a) He attempts to bribe the critics.
(b) He tries to murder the main actors.
(c) He writes letters to newspapers about the play being bad.
(d) He pickets the theatre.

5. When Humboldt and Kathleen visit Charlie after Humboldt had just given a reading at Yale, what does Kathleen intimate to Charlie she plans to do?
(a) Get hold of Humboldt's money.
(b) Leave Humboldt.
(c) Stay with Humboldt, no matter what he does to her.
(d) Have Humboldt murdered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Huggins looking for Charlie?

2. What article of writing does Charlie consider selling before realizing no one would be eager to buy it?

3. Why does a movie company hire Tigler?

4. When Humboldt attacks Magnasco on the streets of New York, who saves the young fellow's life?

5. Who became Humboldt's best friend after he felt Charlie deceived him?

(see the answer key)

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