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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. What is the title of Arthur Less's newest book that he has just submitted to a publisher before the opening of the novel?
(a) Swift.
(b) Rapids.
(c) Haste.
(d) Quick.

2. In what city had Arthur Less spent his fortieth birthday, alone and lonely?
(a) Monterey.
(b) Palm Springs.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) New York City.

3. In what month does the novel open?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) August.

4. What reason does the festival organizer give for why he never attends the panels he puts together?
(a) He does not like poetry.
(b) He does not want to ruin his imagination.
(c) He does not speak Spanish.
(d) He is not interested in what authors have to say.

5. Besides long, which adjective is used by the narrator to describe Arthur Less's nose?
(a) Patrician.
(b) Sensible.
(c) Beakish.
(d) Narrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted the nude portrait of Arthur when he was a young man?

2. Which famous science fiction writer has Arthur Less come to interview in New York City?

3. In what town did Arthur and Robert stay when they went to Mexico together?

4. In what desert does Arthur Less plan to turn 50 years old?

5. What occasion had served as the final time the members of the Russian River School had assembled together?

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