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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. In what city do Arthur and Robert first meet on a beach?
(a) Sunnyvale.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Alameda.
(d) San Francisco.

2. What is Freddy's legal first name?
(a) Federico.
(b) Freddy.
(c) Frederich.
(d) Frederick.

3. When Arthur goes to the Musee d'Orsay, what artist does he realize he resembles?
(a) Klimt.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Dali.
(d) Warhol.

4. 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) Boredom.
(c) Misery.
(d) Poetry.

5. In what country had Arthur Less bought his signature blue suit?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) China.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer 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?

2. How does Arthur feel upon finding out that he has booked himself into a Christian retreat center, rather than the Buddhist one he had imagined?

3. Where did Robert's ring lost at the produce store end up being found?

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

5. For how many years did the relationship between Arthur Less and Freddy last?

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