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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. Who does Charlie pay a visit to?
(a) Pierre Taxter.
(b) Naomi Lutz.
(c) Rinaldo Cantabile.
(d) Denise Citrine.

2. Who is Rebecca Volsted?
(a) The Senora's friend.
(b) Charlie's next wife.
(c) Roger's real mother.
(d) A Danish secretary.

3. Who is Humboldt name after, according to his Uncle Waldemar?
(a) A statue in Central Park.
(b) A famous German writer.
(c) A boy's camp in America.
(d) A British art critic.

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

5. What is it that Charlie believes Cantabile loves to make?
(a) Conversation with Charlie.
(b) Threats.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Plans to join the Mafia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kathleen invite Charlie to go?

2. What does George Swiebel let Charlie know about while Charlie is in the pension?

3. How does Charlie get Waldemar to finally show him the contents of the envelope Humboldt has left him?

4. What is an item in the envelope besides the long letter and Humboldt's actual gift?

5. What does the person who went to Paris with Charlie want from Charlie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie explain his relationship with Roger to people abroad?

2. Why does Naomi beg George to take her son with him to Africa?

3. Why does Charlie feel compelled to continue the work of the dead?

4. What is Charlie hoping to receive as he has now lived at the pension with Roger for ten weeks?

5. What is the state of Charlie's life and state of mind in Section 16 as he lives in Madrid?

6. What is Humboldt's Uncle Waldemar afraid that Charlie might do when he is given the envelope?

7. Why does Charlie fail to say anything when Renata tells him the operator at the Plaza called her Mrs. Citrine?

8. Why does Maggie plead Charlie's case to Stronson and get the charges dropped?

9. What happens to Corcoran's outlook when he repeats his romantic trip with his wife?

10. How does Charlie's theory that some people have no use for their gifts and can think only of overcoming their weaknesses apply to Charlie and Humboldt?

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