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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. Why does Cantabile stay behind in the bathroom after speaking with Charlie?
(a) To use the facilities.
(b) To finish shaving.
(c) To retrieve his bullets.
(d) To rethink the conversation.

2. What does Cantabile tell Charlie he must do before getting together with Polly?
(a) Not even think about it.
(b) Wear a proper tie and jacket.
(c) Go through him first.
(d) Bring her roses.

3. Why does Cantabile take Charlie to the Playboy Club?
(a) To meet Mike Schneiderman.
(b) To have a few drinks together.
(c) To finally collect his money.
(d) He needs to relax in the sauna.

4. What is Canatbile's wife doing her doctoral thesis on?
(a) Von Humboldt Fleisher.
(b) Jewish culture.
(c) Pulitzer.
(d) The Mafia.

5. How much money does Charlie lose at the poker game, including what he loses to Rinaldo?
(a) Four hundred fifty dollars.
(b) Five hundred dollars.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) Six hundred dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. According to Humboldt, who is America's great Manic Depressive?

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