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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, Through p. 228.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Signor Caldofreddo?
(a) Charlie's tailor.
(b) Humboldt's personal physician.
(c) A character in Humboldt and Charlie's movie script.
(d) An associate of Cantabile's.

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

3. Whose long boring dinners, as Djilas describes them, does Charlie think of?
(a) Churchill's.
(b) Hitler's.
(c) Stalin's.
(d) Roosevelt's.

4. When Humboldt and Kathleen visit Charlie after Humboldt had just given a reading at Yale, what does Kathleen intimate to Charlie she plans to do?
(a) Get hold of Humboldt's money.
(b) Have Humboldt murdered.
(c) Leave Humboldt.
(d) Stay with Humboldt, no matter what he does to her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Humboldt attacks Magnasco on the streets of New York, who saves the young fellow's life?

2. What information does Charlie want from Langobadi?

3. What is the title of of Von Humboldt Fleisher's book of ballads?

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

5. Who is the poker game at George's house organized around?

(see the answer key)

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