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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Less Mexican and Less Italian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what group of artists and writers was Arthur Less once associated?
(a) The Lost Generation.
(b) The Beat Generation.
(c) The Merry Pranksters.
(d) The Russian River School.

2. 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?
(a) Twice as smelly.
(b) Filled with twice as many people.
(c) Ten times slower.
(d) Ten times hotter.

3. On what day of the Mexican festival is Arthur scheduled to speak?
(a) Day Two.
(b) Day One.
(c) Day Three.
(d) Day Five.

4. How often do Robert and Arthur still speak?
(a) Once a season.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Once a day.

5. What occasion had served as the final time the members of the Russian River School had assembled together?
(a) Stella's death.
(b) Robert's winning of the Pulitzer Prize.
(c) Arthur's winning of the Wilde and Stein Award.
(d) Marian's stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what sport had Arthur's one moment of athletic prowess occurred when he was 12 years old?

2. In what city do Arthur and Robert first meet on a beach?

3. What was the title of Arthur Less's first novel?

4. During their first meeting on the beach, what does Marian advise Arthur to do with his youth?

5. What reason is given for Arthur's lack of a watch in the novel's opening scene?

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