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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pages 35-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator buy for his breakfast?
(a) Some eggs.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) A plate of potatoes.
(d) A side of beef.

3. For what reason does C. Zacharias Bartel think the narrator has visited him?
(a) A bed for the night.
(b) A painting.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

4. What is the narrator tempted to steal from the marketplace?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Roses.
(c) Bread.
(d) Fruit.

5. What item of clothing does the narrator pawn?
(a) His jacket.
(b) His waistcoat.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the narrator left in the pawn shop?

2. Where does the narrator decide to go to write for the day after seeing Hans Pauli?

3. Why does the woman's friend think the narrator is acting so strangely?

4. What does the narrator call the woman who appears at the window of 2 St. Olaf's Place?

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

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