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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 Passion?
(a) Getting the French out of Vietnam
(b) To reform and redeem the entire universe
(c) Scotch and soda
(d) Phuong

2. Why is the American Attache upset?
(a) He wis called out of bed to come to Pyle's apartment.
(b) He knows Pyle's father.
(c) He is upset seeing Fowler on the scene.
(d) He thinks the French should stay out of it.

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

4. In contrast to the American press corps men, how does Fowler assess Pyle?
(a) He sees Alden Pyle as modest, serious, quiet, and soft-spoken.
(b) He sees Alden Pyle as a complete fool who should go home.
(c) He sees Alden Pyle as mature beyond his years.
(d) He sees Alden Pyle as a boy who is acting like a man.

5. 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 flying into Saigon from a trip he made to England.
(c) He is walking along the beach on the China Sea.
(d) He is at the Continental having a cappuccino with his editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Phuong's favorite reading subject matter?

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

3. How does Pyle see himself?

4. What is the difference between Fowler and Pyle?

5. Why does Fowler go to Pyle's apartment?

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