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

2. Who is the author of the books Pyle likes so much?
(a) York Harding
(b) Noel Coward
(c) Graham Greene
(d) Len Deighton

3. What book does Pyle go on and on about?
(a) The Yellow Peril
(b) The Red Badge of Courage
(c) The History of War
(d) Democracy and the Eastern Cultures

4. What is strange about Fowler's relationship with Phuong?
(a) They have been together for several years, yet mysteriously she is engaged to marry Alden Pyle.
(b) He is ashamed to take her out anywhere in public.
(c) He is old enough to be her grandfather.
(d) She cannot speak any English or French.

5. What does the Attache put in the wire to Pyle's parents?
(a) That their son had died of heart failure.
(b) That their son had died a soldier's death in the cause of Democracy.
(c) That their son had died of malaria.
(d) That their son had been run over by a bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of York's theory In which Pyle believes?

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

3. What is the difference between Fowler and Pyle?

4. What does Fowler have to say about General The?

5. Why does Vigot speak softly to Fowler?

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