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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 is the woman thinking of buying from the butcher's shop?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Beef.
(c) Bacon.
(d) Sausages.

2. On which floor of the apartment building is the pawnshop on Pile Street?
(a) The basement.
(b) The ground floor.
(c) The second floor.
(d) The attic.

3. What does the narrator say his landlord does for a profession?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A stevedore.
(c) A shipworker.
(d) A businessman.

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

5. What is the narrator rejected at the fire department for wearing?
(a) His glasses.
(b) No shoes.
(c) His worn trousers.
(d) His hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator overtake as he leaves the park to return to the pawnshop?

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

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

4. What physical feature of the woman outside the butcher's shop nauseates the narrator?

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

(see the answer key)

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