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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 17, Through p. 458,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Charlie's only real asset?
(a) His home.
(b) His brain.
(c) His car.
(d) His books.

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

3. What problem is the main character in Section I of "Treatment" having?
(a) He cannot have children.
(b) Writer's block.
(c) A sick father.
(d) He is going bald.

4. Who does Humboldt want to play the role of Zane Bigoulis?
(a) Zero Mostel.
(b) Gene Wilder.
(c) Elias Kazan.
(d) Dick Van Dyke.

5. Why does Humboldt sneak into Dr. Longstaff's private elevator and have a meeting with him?
(a) To have Ricketts fired so he can have a chair at Princeton.
(b) He wants to discuss the great poets and impress Longstaff.
(c) To get on his good side.
(d) To ask the Belisha Foundation to endow a chair for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. While sitting trapped in Cantabile's car, Charlie thinks of a philosophical conversation he often had with someone. Who is this person?

2. Who does Renata have with her when she arrives in Madrid?

3. How is Denise's attitude changed when she leaves the judge's chambers?

4. How much must Charlie earn per year in order to pay Denise what the Judge believes he can?

5. What does Charlie tell Pierre they must do about plans to publish The Ark?

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