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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. Who became Humboldt's best friend after he felt Charlie deceived him?
(a) Scaccia.
(b) Magnasco.
(c) Huggins.
(d) Simkin.

2. Who does Cantabile take Charlie to meet in the Hancock Building?
(a) An old man who deals in jewelry.
(b) A distant relative of President Harding.
(c) A newspaper columnist.
(d) A Japanese martial arts expert.

3. Why does Humboldt say his mother used to send him to Chicago?
(a) To spy on his father.
(b) To find a wife.
(c) To go to school.
(d) To make some money.

4. Where does Humboldt refuse to go and lecture in 1952?
(a) Moscow State University in Russia.
(b) Free University in Berlin.
(c) Yale University in Connecticut.
(d) Oxford University in England..

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is responsible for Life magazine commissioning an article from Charlie?

2. Which Presidential election outcome was a personal disaster to Humboldt?

3. How does Charlie Citrine make a fortune?

4. Why does Charlie spend several months in South America near the Orinoco River?

5. What information does Charlie want from Langobadi?

(see the answer key)

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