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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Less Moroccan and Less Indian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes the Bedouin encampment as a what?
(a) A vision.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) A mirage.
(d) A dream.

2. When Bastian refuses to take medicine for his fever and Arthur puts on Bastian's favorite television show so that Bastian can play a drinking game with his medicine, what action on the show does Arthur tell Bastian he has to drink to each time he sees it occur on the show?
(a) Every time characters talk with their hands.
(b) Every time the lovers remove their glasses to kiss.
(c) Every time a blond comes onscreen.
(d) Every time there is a commercial interruption.

3. Which location in Tahiti is the source of Freddy's desire to go there?
(a) Gauguin's house.
(b) Fautaua Waterfall.
(c) Paofai Gardens.
(d) The Water Gardens of Vaipahi.

4. What emotion does Arthur feel when he sees that the retreat manager's car has a television in its dashboard?
(a) Despair.
(b) Alarm.
(c) Awe.
(d) Wonder.

5. What crucial question did Arthur realize he had never asked Robert during their trip to Mexico?
(a) Where is your wife?
(b) Why me?
(c) Do you love me?
(d) What are your intentions?

Short Answer Questions

1. With what objects does Arthur always travel that he thinks of as his portable gym?

2. The narrator describes the two camel boys' affection for one another as resembling the love between which two fictional characters?

3. What is the name of Zohra's former lover, whose place on the trip Arthur took when she and Zohra broke up?

4. What color is the flesh of the beaked parrot-fish Arthur sees in the Mexican market?

5. The narrator describes the ride home from the tour of Mexico City as "half as charming" (61) as the ride there, due to being what?

(see the answer key)

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