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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 49-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of whom does the stonecutter remind the narrator?
(a) A debt collector.
(b) A banker.
(c) His brother.
(d) A bookkeeper.

2. Where does the narrator decide to go to write for the day after seeing Hans Pauli?
(a) Back home.
(b) The riverside.
(c) The public library.
(d) The public gardens.

3. Why does the narrator give up on his idea of writing "Crimes of the Future"?
(a) It is too complicated.
(b) It is too elementary.
(c) It is too boring.
(d) It is too long-winded.

4. What are the two gentlemen doing while sitting on the narrator's seat?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Writing.
(d) Smoking.

5. What is the stonecutter wearing in the Cemetery of Christ?
(a) Red overalls.
(b) Black polished shoes.
(c) Blue spectacles.
(d) A green cap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old man say he needs money to buy?

2. What is in the old man's paper-wrapped package in the end?

3. What weapon does the guard at the firehouse carry?

4. What does the narrator say is the nicest object in his apartment?

5. What does the narrator decide to do to the woman?

(see the answer key)

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