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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Humboldt say his mother used to send him to Chicago?
(a) To go to school.
(b) To make some money.
(c) To find a wife.
(d) To spy on his father.

2. Who arranges to meet with Charlie at the Art Institute?
(a) Renata.
(b) Rinaldo Cantabile.
(c) His brother, Julius.
(d) Pierre Thaxter.

3. Where does Humboldt end up dying?
(a) In Chicago.
(b) A hotel in Times Square.
(c) On the streets.
(d) On a plane.

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

5. Who is Desperate Ambrose?
(a) A little kid in the funnies.
(b) A mafiosa friend of Cantabile's.
(c) An old film star from the twentie's.
(d) A man wanted by the FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college does Charlie Citrine attend?

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

3. Why does Srole think Urbanovich wants to help Denise?

4. What does Humboldt say about Citrine winning the Pulitzer Prize for his book?

5. Who does Cantabile take Charlie to meet in the Hancock Building?

Short Essay Questions

1. Charlie goes to the Russian Baths to give Cantabile his money. What is Cantabile's demeanor like when he gets out of his car to meet Charlie outside the Baths?

2. Why does Pierre Thaxter rush to get into Cantabile's car and forgo buying the fish knives he had set out to purchase?

3. What does the protagonist mean when it is stated that, ". . . after all Broadway adjoins the garment district and blends with it?"

4. Humboldt basically dies a failure in society's eyes. What, upon his death, brings him back to prominence?

5. How does Humboldt end up getting over six thousand dollars from Charlie after Charlie has a successful Broadway show?

6. How do Charlie and Renata first get together?

7. How does Denise keep up-to-date on world news to prepare for a cultural evening at the White House?

8. Humboldt used to accuse Charlie of trying to spend his whole life in the upper stories of higher consciousness. What is Humboldt's definition of higher consciousness?

9. Which of Charlie's family members does he briefly compare Langobardi to?

10. What does meeting Naomi Lutz, Charlie's school-days' sweetheart, lead him to thoughts of?

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