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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cantabile offer to give Charlie while in his apartment?
(a) A share of stock.
(b) A girlfriend.
(c) Money.
(d) A gun.

2. In which decade did Von Humboldt Fleisher publish his book of ballads?
(a) The Fifties.
(b) The Twenties.
(c) The Forties.
(d) The Thirties.

3. Who gave Charlie an embroidered needlepoint cushion when he and Renata had a falling out?
(a) Doris Scheldt.
(b) Mary Pickford.
(c) Allie Kabibble.
(d) Demmie Vonghel.

4. Who mentions the author, Rudolf Steiner, to Charlie?
(a) Denise.
(b) Durnwald.
(c) Cantabile.
(d) Humboldt.

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

6. Despite an action Humboldt takes, Von Trenck is a hit. What does Humboldt do to try and prevent this?
(a) He pickets the theatre.
(b) He writes letters to newspapers about the play being bad.
(c) He tries to murder the main actors.
(d) He attempts to bribe the critics.

7. What does Charlie tell Polly about his medal of honor?
(a) It is the highest honor given in France.
(b) It is akin to being knighted.
(c) He fought bravely for it.
(d) It is a kind of phony one.

8. 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.

9. Who arranges for Renata and Charlie to get together at a subway bar?
(a) Szathmar.
(b) Koffritz.
(c) Scheldt.
(d) Karamazov.

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

11. What does Cantabile ultimately do with most of the money Charlie gives him?
(a) He buys a couple of watches from an old man.
(b) He folds the bills into planes and drops them from a tall building.
(c) He gives it all back to Charlie.
(d) He rips the money into tiny pieces and makes Charlie eat it.

12. When is Lucy due back from Nevada?
(a) In a few days.
(b) Any minute.
(c) The following month.
(d) Tomorrow.

13. How is Denise's attitude changed when she leaves the judge's chambers?
(a) She is very solicitous.
(b) She wants the chidren to never see Charlie again.
(c) She demands more money.
(d) She is crying.

14. What college does Charlie Citrine attend?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) University of Iowa.
(c) University of Wisconsin.
(d) Columbia University.

15. What does Charlie's lawyer, Tomchek, want Charlie to do after meeting in chambers with the judge?
(a) Fire him.
(b) Settle.
(c) Get in touch with Cantabile.
(d) Go on with a trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose long boring dinners, as Djilas describes them, does Charlie think of?

2. What is Charlie's original family name?

3. Who became Humboldt's best friend after he felt Charlie deceived him?

4. What film director did Humboldt admire?

5. Who is Orlando Huggins?

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