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

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

3. When Arthur goes to dinner with Hans and Hans's friends, he blurts out, "You boys don't know anything about" (106) what?
(a) Death.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Misery.

4. Who drove the car during Arthur's and Robert's road trip to Mexico?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Robert.
(c) A hired driver.
(d) Carlos.

5. When Finley announces the reason that Arthur's work is not included in the gay literary canon, what does he state as the reason?
(a) Arthur is a bad gay.
(b) Arthur is bisexual.
(c) Arthur is a bad writer.
(d) Arthur is a white male.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What food does Arthur Less eat for dinner in order to make up for the extravagance of seeing a Broadway show on his first night in New York City?

3. For whom is the stadium in Parque Mexico named?

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

5. The final jury that awards the prize for which Arthur is nominated is composed of 12 what?

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