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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many women does the narrator dance with in the ceremony the night before his wedding?
(a) 10 women.
(b) 20 women.
(c) 22 women.
(d) 12 women.

3. The narrator compares his weekly column to what?
(a) Street signs.
(b) Archaeological ruins.
(c) Rubbish.
(d) City map.

4. Who does the narrator call at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Rosa Cabarcas.
(b) Ximena Ortiz.
(c) The editor.
(d) The girl.

5. The narrator describes himself as ugly, shy and __________.
(a) Antique.
(b) Ancient.
(c) Archaic.
(d) Anachronistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator put in his morning coffee?

2. What page of the newspaper did the narrator's column move to after his ruined wedding?

3. What time does the narrator wake each morning?

4. What kind of cat does the narrator get for his birthday?

5. What movies turned the narrator away from the cinema for good?

(see the answer key)

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