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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Less German and Less French.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the narrator says that all Arthur Less has "managed to grow is a gentle sense of himself, akin to the transparent carapace of a soft-shelled crab" (6), what event is stated to still have the ability to hurt him?
(a) A mediocre review.
(b) A rejection by a publisher.
(c) A careless slight.
(d) Heartbreak.

2. After Arthur asks students not registered in the Global Linguistics and Literature department to leave the class, how many students are left?
(a) 80.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 10.

3. The narrator describes Javier as smelling of cigarettes and what else?
(a) Vanilla.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Car exhaust.

4. How does Arthur answer when Finley insults his personality and his writing in one fell swoop?
(a) I loved your last book.
(b) Thank you.
(c) Go to hell.
(d) Shut up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Robert says that poetry "kills you now" (106), what does he say that poetry is later?

2. For what occasion has Arthur Less been asked to interview the science fiction writer?

3. What color is the theme of the party at which Freddy and Arthur meet for the first time?

4. What happens to Arthur's all-important tax form when he leaves France?

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

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