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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the room that Augustus stays in at the hotel in Amsterdam?
(a) The Kierkegaard
(b) The Heidegger
(c) The Kafka
(d) The Hermit

2. The title of An Imperial Affliction is said to be derived from a poem by whom in Chapter 5?
(a) Emily Dickinson
(b) Sylvia Plath
(c) Walt Whitman
(d) T. S. Elliot

3. The cab driver tells Hazel’s mother in Chapter 11, “Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of” what?
(a) “Intelligence”
(b) “Tolerance”
(c) “Love”
(d) “Freedom”

4. Augustus tells Hazel in Chapter 8 that the reason he likes her is because it is rare to “come across a hot girl who creates and adjectival version of” what word?
(a) “Pedophile”
(b) “Predatory”
(c) “Principle”
(d) “Particular”

5. The narrator’s mother in An Imperial Affliction is described in Chapter 4 as having an obsession with what kind of flowers?
(a) Carnations
(b) Daffodils
(c) Tulips
(d) Roses

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname does Isaac call Augustus in the novel?

2. The cab driver that takes Hazel and the others from the airport to their hotel in Chapter 11 compares the structure of Amsterdam to what?

3. At what time does Hazel’s mother wake her up on the day of their flight in Chapter 10?

4. How many dead people does Augustus say there are for every living person on the earth in Chapter 10?

5. What is referred to on the bottom portion of “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” in Chapter 13?

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