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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Pyle and Fowler want to go?
(a) They say they would like to go to Cambodia.
(b) They both want to go to Bangkok.
(c) Pyle wants to go to America and Fowler wants to go to England.
(d) Both Pyle and Fowler express interest in going to Phat Diem to access the situation.

2. What is Alden Pyle's Passion?
(a) Scotch and soda
(b) Phuong
(c) To reform and redeem the entire universe
(d) Getting the French out of Vietnam

3. What does Vigot allow Fowler to do in Pyle's apartment?
(a) Wipe Phuong's fingerprints off everything
(b) Rearrange Pyle's library
(c) Take one of Pyle's York Harding books
(d) Take a photograph of Phuong that was by Pyle's bed

4. How does Pyle treat Phuong when they first meet?
(a) He treats her as if she were a street walker.
(b) He treats her as if she were not there.
(c) He treats her as an older person.
(d) He treats her as if she were a fine lady.

5. Why does Pyle feel the need to speak to Fowler at all?
(a) He thinks Fowler is like Phuong's father and he wants his permission to marry her.
(b) He is in love with Phuong and wants to do the honorable thing by Fowler.
(c) He is ready to kill Fowler if he objects.
(d) He wants Fowler to order Phuong out of his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Vigot reveal about Pyle's murder?

2. What does Fowler tell Pyle to do so that the girls will stop mobbing him?

3. What does Pyle notice the first time Fowler meets him?

4. Is Fowler listening closely to Pyle's ideas about war?

5. Fowler wants to make love to Phuong but accepts the opium pipes instead. Why?

(see the answer key)

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