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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that “a true artist can no more play upon the piano or violin without putting his whole body in accord with the emotions he is striving to express than a swallow can” do what?
(a) “Sing without melody.”
(b) “Fly without being graceful.”
(c) “Eat without being vulnerable.”
(d) “Sing without being loud.”

2. What food does the narrator describe as having the power of absorbing alcoholic liquors that have been taken into the stomach in Chapter 7?
(a) Meatloaf.
(b) Chop-suey.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Lasagna.

3. What song does the woman the narrator is in love with play after returning from the summer on the piano in Chapter 11?
(a) Fantasy in C major.
(b) The 13th Nocturne.
(c) Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major.
(d) Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor.

4. Where is the “tall, rawboned, red-faced man” from that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Texas.
(d) Ohio.

5. What city does the narrator describe as “a big, dull, red town” in Chapter 4?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Biloxi.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator claim as his “principal cause of [his] good luck” in working as a clerk for a wholesale house in Chapter 11?

2. Why is the narrator returning to New York in the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. The “white-mustached, well dressed man” that the narrator encounters on the train in Chapter 10 fought in what war?

4. The porter tells the narrator that he has not had how many hours of sleep since he left Jersey City in Chapter 4?

5. At what time do the narrator and the millionaire arrive at Saint Lazare in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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