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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kees do to the narrator in Chapter 3 that makes her very uncomfortable?
(a) Trips her.
(b) Puts his hand around her waist and plays with her pantyhose through her dress.
(c) Kisses her.
(d) Insists they take a taxi together.

2. In Chapter 2, what part of the city does the narrator live in?
(a) The city center.
(b) By the coast.
(c) The gentrifying part of town.
(d) In Old Town.

3. What is the nature of the Court, according to the narrator?
(a) It is a place of high theatrics.
(b) It is a place rife with politics.
(c) It is a place that is always physically dark.
(d) It is a very solemn place.

4. What does the narrator recall seeing on a recent trip to Old Town in Chapter 2?
(a) Street performers.
(b) Men picking up cigarette butts from cobblestones.
(c) Many cats.
(d) A lot of dog poop on the street.

5. Where did Jana live before moving to the same city as the narrator?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Berlin.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think of her colleague Robert?

2. Where has the narrator moved to recently in Chapter 1?

3. What does the narrator think of her own apartment?

4. What does the narrator claim a person will hear the longer he listens to an interpreter?

5. Where is The Hague physically situated?

(see the answer key)

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