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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, pages 185-199.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the editor sitting when the narrator arrives back at the newspaper office?
(a) Behind the door.
(b) Facing the wall.
(c) Watching the door.
(d) Facing the window.

2. What does the clerk of the grocery store wrap up for the narrator when he enters?
(a) Some milk.
(b) Some fruit.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A candle.

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

4. What is the theme of the article the narrator is writing at the beginning of Part Four?
(a) Art history.
(b) Historical biography.
(c) Moral judgements.
(d) Allegory of a fire in a bookstore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say his landlord does for a profession?

2. What is the weather like on the morning of the narrator's date with Ylayali?

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

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

5. What is the Chief doing at the pier?

(see the answer key)

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