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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 19-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical feature of the woman outside the butcher's shop nauseates the narrator?
(a) Her scarred face.
(b) Her single eye.
(c) An amputated leg.
(d) Her single yellow tooth.

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

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

4. What does the narrator claim the woman is losing?
(a) Her house.
(b) Her sanity.
(c) Her honour.
(d) Her book.

5. What type of business does Fabian Olsen own?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A butcher shop.
(c) A candlestick maker.
(d) A linen shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator give up on his idea of writing "Crimes of the Future"?

2. What is the narrator rejected at the fire department for wearing?

3. Where does the narrator tell the old man he lives?

4. What is the time of year at the beginning of the novel?

5. What falls out of the narrator's pocket as he takes out his papers?

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