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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosa Cabarcas tease the narrator about after his first night with the girl?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Impotence.
(d) Cowardice.

2. What book helped the narrator understand his mother's mood?
(a) Love Unbound.
(b) Psychology Today.
(c) The Strong Woman.
(d) The Magic Mountain.

3. Who did the narrator's father rent the bottom floor of his home to?
(a) Book seller.
(b) Italian merchants.
(c) Brothel.
(d) Chinese farmers.

4. What time does the narrator wake each morning?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 7 a.m.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

5. What left the narrator no time for marriage?
(a) Whores.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Life.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of editor was the narrator at the newspaper?

2. The narrator's students nicknamed him Professor ___________.

3. What does the narrator find when he goes to turn in his last column?

4. What birthday is the narrator celebrating at the beginning of the novel?

5. Who would chaperone the narrator's evenings with his fiancé?

(see the answer key)

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