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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Blue's third letter written on?
(a) An email.
(b) A napkin.
(c) Lined paper.
(d) A scrap of wrapping paper.

2. How does the narrator get down from the skyscraper in Chapter II?
(a) He jumps using a human kite.
(b) He rides the elevator.
(c) He walks down the stairs.
(d) He sprints down the stairs as fast as he can.

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

4. According to Stevens, what is Blue fond of?
(a) Band music.
(b) The military.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) The public library.

5. Fill in the following quote by Blue from Chapter II: "Without Christ, we would be little more than ____________."
(a) Microcosms.
(b) Barnacles.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Amoebas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pays for Blue and the narrator's dinner in Chapter VI?

2. In Blue's idea for a motion picture, what is punishable by death?

3. What quality do great men of the world possess, according to Blue?

4. Which of Blue's letters is a reply to the narrator's objection to Blue's upbraiding the world?

5. Fill in the following quote by the narrator from Chapter III: "You mean every husband is a sort of ___________."

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