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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wilhelm recalls being sick with the flu. What did he ask Margaret to do for him while he was sick?
(a) Read poetry to him.
(b) Leave him alone.
(c) Sing to him.
(d) Play gin with him.

2. What does Dr. Adler feel that Margaret is doing?
(a) He feels that she's reaching out to Wilhelm in a loving way.
(b) He feels she's making unreasonable demands on Wilhelm so he'll come back to her.
(c) He feels she's being perfectly reasonable in her demands.
(d) He doesn't think about her at all.

3. The narrator tells us in Chapter 7: "He heard it and sank deeper than sorrow, through torn sobs and cries toward the consummation of his heart's ultimate need." Who is this statement about?
(a) Dr. Adler.
(b) Mr. Perls.
(c) Wilhelm.
(d) Tamkin.

4. Who pressured Maurice Venice to give Wilhelm a shot at Hollywood?
(a) Dr. Adler.
(b) Wilhelm's mother.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Wilhelm.

5. In which commodity does Wilhelm believe his money is in?
(a) Lard.
(b) Rye.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which career does Wilhelm's mother want him to consider instead of acting?

2. What does a recommendation from Maurice Venice mean in Hollywood?

3. What is the first place Wilhelm and Tamkin go in Chapter 5?

4. At breakfast, what does Wilhelm take that bothers his father?

5. Whose eyes "were as brown as beaver fur and full of strange lines?"

(see the answer key)

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