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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15, Through p. 401.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man that Charlie gave a check to and then stopped payment on it?
(a) Rinaldo Cantabile.
(b) Morris Eller.
(c) George Swiebel.
(d) Bill Thompson.

2. What is the Senora's chief claim to fame founded upon?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Hairstyling.
(c) Motherhood.
(d) Artistry.

3. When a wrinkled postcard falls to the floor, what does Charlie see that it is?
(a) A poem that Humboldt wrote.
(b) A last love note from Denise.
(c) A threatening note from Cantabile.
(d) A rejection of his latest writing submission.

4. What college did Humboldt have a connection with to get Cintrine a job?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) New York University.
(d) Princeton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Humboldt's gift?

2. Why does Charlie think Cantabile hopes to see George at the Baths?

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

4. Who gave Charlie an embroidered needlepoint cushion when he and Renata had a falling out?

5. What ultimately happens to Humboldt's chair position at Princeton?

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