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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What offer does Pyle make to Miss Hei?
(a) He offers to show her to the door.
(b) He offers to help Miss Hei get a job with his Mission.
(c) He offers to light her cigarette.
(d) He offers to pay her every time Phuong comes to his apartment.

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

3. Why does Fowler go to Pyle's apartment?
(a) To pick up Phuong's things
(b) To find a book he had lent Pyle
(c) To meeti with Vigot
(d) To look for clues

4. 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) An American who works alone in a large office.
(d) The Teddy Roosevelt type who speaks softly but carries a big stick.

5. How does Pyle see himself?
(a) He sees himself as being trapped where he doesn't want to be.
(b) He describes himself as an observer with no real views on the war.
(c) He sees himself as a serious backer of the French.
(d) He sees himself as a possible source of winning information.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the conflicting report about the war in the North?

2. Who comes to the table to talk to Fowler while Pyle and Phuong are dancing?

3. Why does Vigot speak softly to Fowler?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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