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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. What does Renata end up taking from Charlie as she leaves The Oak Room?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His shoe.
(c) The tip meant for the waiter.
(d) His papers from Humboldt.

2. What does Humboldt tell Charlie he is charging him with in a lawsuit?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Breach of contract.
(c) Theft.
(d) Embezzlement.

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

4. Who hires the psychiatrist, specializing in sex, for Charlie to talk with?
(a) Denise.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Humboldt.
(d) Demmie.

5. What is the reason Magnasco does not want to call the police on Humboldt?
(a) He does not want to get a bad name within the New York culture crowd.
(b) He is afraid Humboldt will attack him further.
(c) He intends to attack Humboldt himself when the time comes.
(d) He does not want revenge from Charlie Citrine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose newspaper column does Charlie Citrine appear in according to Cantabile's early edition of the morning's paper?

2. When Cantabile approaches Thaxter and Charlie, what does he want Charlie to do?

3. 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?

4. While sitting trapped in Cantabile's car, Charlie thinks of a philosophical conversation he often had with someone. Who is this person?

5. What news does Charlie get while having lunch in The Oak Room with Renata?

(see the answer key)

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