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

2. Who is President of the United States when Charlie and his then-wife, Denise, are invited to the White House?

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

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

5. What does Charlie tell Renata he is considering selling due to its current high value?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Charlie is being told by Judge Urbanovich that he cannot be allowed to dabble in the middle class and then drop out, how does Charlie react?

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

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

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

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

6. In what way is Scaccia, the detective, blackmailing Charlie?

7. How does Cantabile make it clear to Charlie that he thinks he is vain?

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

9. Why does Charlie believe Americans have trouble keeping secrets?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A tenant at the Madrid pension, Rebecca, makes advances towards Charlie. What prevents Charlie from going along with her? How would she compare to the other women who have been in his life?

Essay Topic 2

What messages does the character in Section 7, Gaylord Koffritz, symbolize through small comedic scenarios?

Essay Topic 3

Alone in his room in Madrid while Roger is at school, Charlie meditates. How is he coming to terms with being a middle-aged man with no woman in his life and no money?

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