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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blue equates the fights of his day with fighting the plague with what?
(a) A bow and arrow.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) A sword.
(d) Prayer.

2. How is Blue described when the narrator first runs into him in Chapter I?
(a) Like a sunburned athlete.
(b) Like an Oxford professor.
(c) Like a retired businessman.
(d) Like a college boy on holiday.

3. In Chapter VI, what type of architecture does Blue rant about?
(a) Bridges.
(b) Miniature.
(c) Skyscraper.
(d) Church.

4. Fill in the following quote by the narrator from Chapter III: "You mean every husband is a sort of ___________."
(a) Scholar.
(b) Martyr.
(c) God.
(d) Saint.

5. What is Blue's response to Stevens saying the owner of the skyscraper would kick him off if he knew he was there?
(a) Anger.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who forwards a letter to the narrator from Blue on vices?

2. When the narrator first sees Blue in Chapter I, what is Blue riding in?

3. Fill in the following quote from Chapter I: "Or perhaps his order was life and the world his _____________."

4. What are the narrator's feelings towards Blue as he walked away?

5. According to Blue, what is an interpretation of the faith in medieval Europe?

(see the answer key)

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