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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. How does Citrine first get in touch with Humboldt?
(a) He writes him a letter.
(b) He meets him in a bar.
(c) He telephones him.
(d) They meet on a Greyhound bus.

2. According to Humboldt, who is America's great Manic Depressive?
(a) Bobby Kennedy.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

3. What ultimately happens to Humboldt's chair position at Princeton?
(a) He rises to President.
(b) Longstaff asks Princeton to remove him.
(c) The letter from Longstaff is a fake and there is no money.
(d) He is cut out of the budget.

4. What happens to Hildenfisch at the racquet ball club?
(a) Langobardi threatens him.
(b) He dies.
(c) He wins at Cut-Throat.
(d) He befriends Charlie.

5. When Humboldt releases himself from Mt. Sinai and begins to sue people, why does he not sue Charlie right away?
(a) He is hoping Charlie will produce Kathleen.
(b) He is waiting to see if Von Trenck makes money.
(c) He has no energy left for it.
(d) He still feels friendly towards Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Charlie's Mercedes-Benz one night in Chicago?

3. What college does Charlie Citrine attend?

4. Charlie ruminates over Humboldt's obituary which appears in which newspaper?

5. When Humboldt calls Charlie at the Bellasco Theatre from Bellvue, what does he want?

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