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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie tell Polly about his medal of honor?

2. Who hires the psychiatrist, specializing in sex, for Charlie to talk with?

3. What does Cantabile offer to give Charlie while in his apartment?

4. What kind of business does Frank Tigler own?

5. After speaking with Judge Urbanovich in chambers, what does Charlie want to do about the case?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Judge want to Charlie to post a large bail bond?

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

3. Charlie plays racquetball with Vito LangobardiIn, a big-time hoodlum. In what way is Charlie attached to Vito?

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

5. How is Humboldt acting towards Kathleen after he loses the poetry chair at Princeton?

6. What does Charlie think Cantabile's rank and place in the organized crime world is?

7. What is Humboldt's reaction when Charlie tells him that the Chair, Ricketts, cannot give Humboldt a Poetry Chair because of budgetary reasons?

8. According to Humboldt, what is the only art intellectuals can be interested in?

9. How does Charlie come to be blamed for Humboldt's admittance to Bellevue?

10. Humboldt cashes in Charlie's "blood-brother" check. How is this done at a very bad time in Charlie's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Denise is Charlie's ex-wife. When explaining her feelings about Charlie's oldest friend, George Swiebel, she says, "George Swiebel is your billy goat." Explain what Denise meant by this statement and how it relates to Charlie.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast these characters: Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine.

Essay Topic 3

Charlie's car is nearly destroyed, and he is furious with Cantabile. Why does Charlie relent and decide to give Cantabile the $450 the man says Charlie owes him when Charlie was told that Cantabile and his cousin cheated at poker? Delve into Charlie's personality and those around him.

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