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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, Through p. 106.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years are Humboldt and Citrine estranged?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty.

2. How does Charlie Citrine make a fortune?
(a) He writes a Broadway play.
(b) He writes a film score.
(c) He writes a best-selling novel.
(d) He wins the Nobel Prize.

3. Where does Humboldt end up dying?
(a) A hotel in Times Square.
(b) On a plane.
(c) On the streets.
(d) In Chicago.

4. Who is President of the United States when Charlie and his then-wife, Denise, are invited to the White House?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Kennedy.

5. In which decade did Von Humboldt Fleisher publish his book of ballads?
(a) The Forties.
(b) The Fifties.
(c) The Thirties.
(d) The Twenties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cantabile tell Charlie to meet him with the money?

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

3. What does Humboldt say about Citrine winning the Pulitzer Prize for his book?

4. Why does Humboldt say his mother used to send him to Chicago?

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

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