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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 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) Stay with Humboldt, no matter what he does to her.
(b) Get hold of Humboldt's money.
(c) Have Humboldt murdered.
(d) Leave Humboldt.

2. What article of writing does Charlie consider selling before realizing no one would be eager to buy it?
(a) "A Sack of Exotic Burlap."
(b) "The Babylonian Talmud."
(c) "Great Bores of the Modern World."
(d) "Mining Beryllium in Africa."

3. What does Thaxter have to tell Charlie when they meet in the Palm Court?
(a) He has signed a contract for the dictator book.
(b) He is canceling his going-away party on the ship.
(c) He is in love with Renata.
(d) He is moving to Texas for good.

4. Whose newspaper column does Charlie Citrine appear in according to Cantabile's early edition of the morning's paper?
(a) Mike Lucik's.
(b) Avery Schriber's.
(c) Mike LaSalle's.
(d) Mike Schneiderman's.

5. When Humboldt calls Charlie at the Bellasco Theatre from Bellvue, what does he want?
(a) An apology from Charlie and Magnasco.
(b) The money Charlie and Demmie had raised.
(c) To meet with him.
(d) Free tickets to all shows.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Frank Tigler die?

3. Who arranges to meet with Charlie at the Art Institute?

4. How much does Charlie tell Renata he earned for his Trenck movie rights?

5. Who hires the psychiatrist, specializing in sex, for Charlie to talk with?

(see the answer key)

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