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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5, Through p. 169.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Humboldt say about Citrine winning the Pulitzer Prize for his book?
(a) "If anyone deserves it, he does."
(b) "It's a great honor."
(c) "He is my friend."
(d) "The Pulitzer is for the birds."

2. Why does Charlie think Cantabile hopes to see George at the Baths?
(a) To get money from George.
(b) To apologize for cheating at poker.
(c) So he can hurt George.
(d) He misses George.

3. What is the name of the man that Charlie gave a check to and then stopped payment on it?
(a) Rinaldo Cantabile.
(b) George Swiebel.
(c) Morris Eller.
(d) Bill Thompson.

4. Where does Cantabile want Charlie to go with him once they meet in the street outside the Baths?
(a) To the sauna.
(b) To the bathroom.
(c) To his car.
(d) To a deserted alley.

5. What college did Humboldt have a connection with to get Cintrine a job?
(a) Princeton.
(b) New York University.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cantabile ultimately do with most of the money Charlie gives him?

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

3. Why does Charlie's friend tell him that he should not give the man demanding $450 the money?

4. What is Canatbile's wife doing her doctoral thesis on?

5. Who does Charlie find at the Russian Baths and is happy that it is not George Siewell?

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