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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man that the narrator befriends on the ship in Chapter 10 studied at what university?
(a) The University of Florida.
(b) Howard University.
(c) The University of Georgia.
(d) Fisk University.

2. What does the narrator buy for the women who give him French lessons at the café in Chapter 9?
(a) Wine and cheese.
(b) Croissants and coffee.
(c) Coffee and cake.
(d) Beer and cigarettes.

3. Whom does the narrator describe as “a bright young fellow who was himself a student” that he talks with on the train ride in Chapter 4?
(a) A shoe shiner.
(b) A Pullman car porter.
(c) A breeder.
(d) A horse breeder.

4. Whose love from the opera Faust does the narrator describe as a mockery in Chapter 9?
(a) Méphistophélès’s.
(b) Siébel’s.
(c) Marguerite’s.
(d) Valentine's.

5. Approximately how much money does the landlord at the boarding house earn per week, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) $120-150.
(b) $80-100.
(c) $35-40.
(d) $50-75.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of the novel was born in a small town in what state?

2. The narrator claims in Chapter 8 that he “used to play whose "Wedding March" in a manner that never failed to arouse enthusiasm among the patrons of the "Club”?

3. What food does the narrator describe as having the power of absorbing alcoholic liquors that have been taken into the stomach in Chapter 7?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 9 that he has become quite friendly with a “stolid, slow-witted fellow” from where?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 5 that he picked up the cigar-maker’s habit of riding around in what on Sunday afternoons?

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