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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, Through p. 342.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is an item in the envelope besides the long letter and Humboldt's actual gift?
(a) A movie scenario about Amundsen and others.
(b) A play about Emil Jannings.
(c) An original copy of Keat's "Letters."
(d) Humboldt's copy of "Phaedrus."

3. What does Gaylord Koffritz bore George's father, Myron, with in the Russian Baths?
(a) The best way to shave without nicking one's self.
(b) Stories of the old days.
(c) How he wore a hole in Renata's car.
(d) Sales pitches of cemeteries and mausoleums.

4. Who does Charlie find at the Russian Baths and is happy that it is not George Siewell?
(a) Menasha.
(b) Humboldt.
(c) Dr. Lutz.
(d) George's father.

5. How does Humboldt diagnose himself as a manic depressive?
(a) A fortune-teller informs him of this.
(b) He reads Freud and psychiatric journals.
(c) He undergoes hypnosis.
(d) A psychiatrist encourages him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the master essay that Charlie has been writing for years?

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

3. What is Pierre's reason for not yet publishing an issue of The Ark?

4. Why does Cantabile take Charlie to the Playboy Club?

5. Whose long letters does Charlie read while waiting on jury duty?

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