This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: My Object All Sublime; Chapters 37-45: the Nightmare, How to Discard a Mistress, The Bad Year, A First Class Ticket to Europe, The man on the Boat Deck, A Game of Ping Pong, the Premonition, In Pursuit of Noel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marjorie pin all her hopes on a reconciliation with Noel in Chapter 40?
(a) Marjorie is lonely and thinks that "Noel is the only boy who understands" her.
(b) To Marjorie, Noel is her "everything."
(c) She has nothing to offer another man but a "ransacked body and an empty heart".
(d) Noel needs her as much as she "needs his moody eyes and messy hair."

2. What invitation is given to Noel by the Morgenstern's in Chapter 27?
(a) An invitation to a Bar Mitzva.
(b) An invitation to attend Seder services.
(c) An invitation to Marjorie's cousin's wedding.
(d) An invitation to a banquet honoring Marjorie's father.

3. Who writes a letter of introduction for Marjorie in Chapter 22?
(a) Her writing tutor.
(b) Her drama instructor.
(c) Her singing coach.
(d) Her piano teacher.

4. How does Marsha describe Marjorie's acting skills?
(a) As stilted and stiff.
(b) As amateurish.
(c) As over-the-top.
(d) As natural.

5. According to Noel, what are the four rings of illusion surrounding human conduct?
(a) Color, space, time and memory.
(b) Love, lust, greed and envy.
(c) Sight, smell, touch and sound.
(d) Religion, philosophy, sex and money.