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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 disease did Charlie suffer from as a boy?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Polio.
(d) Pneumonia.

2. Why does Charlie's friend tell him that he should not give the man demanding $450 the money?
(a) Charlie paid too much for a car he bought fom him.
(b) The man is a racketeer.
(c) He cheated Charlie at poker.
(d) The suit Charlie bought from him was a knock-off.

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

4. Where is Charlie's family originally from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Poland.
(d) London.

5. What is the subject of the master essay that Charlie has been writing for years?
(a) Criminalism.
(b) Romance.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Humboldt refuse to go and lecture in 1952?

2. When a wrinkled postcard falls to the floor, what does Charlie see that it is?

3. Despite an action Humboldt takes, Von Trenck is a hit. What does Humboldt do to try and prevent this?

4. Who is President of the United States when Charlie and his then-wife, Denise, are invited to the White House?

5. What college did Humboldt have a connection with to get Cintrine a job?

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