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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Phuong's favorite reading subject matter?
(a) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
(b) The British Royal Family, especially Princess Margaret
(c) The stock market in the Wall Street Journal
(d) The latest scandals in Hollywood

2. Where and with whom is Thomas Fowler as The Quiet American begins?
(a) The story opens with Fowler in his rooms over the rue Catinat in Saigon with his beautiful young lover Phuong.
(b) He is walking along the beach on the China Sea.
(c) He is at the Continental having a cappuccino with his editor.
(d) He is flying into Saigon from a trip he made to England.

3. What is Graham Greene's definition of the quiet American?
(a) Not the obnoxious pushy kind of person that is often the stereotype of Americans in foreign countries.
(b) An American who has lost his voice.
(c) The Teddy Roosevelt type who speaks softly but carries a big stick.
(d) An American who works alone in a large office.

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

5. What is Alden Pyle's publicly known job?
(a) He works for the Economic Aid Mission.
(b) He is a battery manufacturer.
(c) He is a reporter for the New York Times.
(d) He works for Harvard University.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pyle see himself?

2. Why does Vigot speak softly to Fowler?

3. Who is the author of the books Pyle likes so much?

4. What information does Fowler offer Pyle?

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

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