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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 film director did Humboldt admire?

2. What does Humboldt tell Charlie he is charging him with in a lawsuit?

3. Why does Cantabile stay behind in the bathroom after speaking with Charlie?

4. What does Humboldt think he and Charlie should do in light of the new US administration?

5. How does Humboldt diagnose himself as a manic depressive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Humboldt tell Charlie that he wants Adlai Stevenson to win the election over Eisenhower?

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

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

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

6. When Judge Urbanovich questions Charlie about his frequent trips to Europe, what does Charlie come to realize about Chicago and the judge?

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

8. What does Humboldt believe Kathleen's father did to her to keep her away from Humboldt?

9. 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?

10. When Charlie returns to Chicago after ignoring Humboldt on the streets of New York, he tells Denise about the incident. What, in his story about being on the helicopter with Dr. Longstaff from the old days, is ironic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Renata makes it clear to Charlie that he thinks too much about death. In what ways does Charlie feel Renata also has a deep connection with death?

Essay Topic 2

Charlie's brother, Julius, is about to undergo heart surgery. He is seen as being very overweight and a keen businessman.

Compare Julius to Humboldt. Also compare their relationships with Charlie.

Essay Topic 3

Renata marries Flonzaley without first informing Charlie. Describe Renata's reasoning for doing this. What is Charlie's reaction? Is he justified in his reaction?

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