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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Pages 76-100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of his friends warns Bat to not get married?
(a) Poor.
(b) Nobby.
(c) Alfy.
(d) Fitz.

2. On page 81, what description of his own demeanor does Bat give when he is persuading Syl to let him be the one to go into the final hotel to ask for a room?
(a) "Optimistic."
(b) "Hypnotic."
(c) "Aristocratic."
(d) "Diplomatic."

3. When Syl is in the first hotel asking for a room, what does Bat object to?
(a) He does not like the way that Syl is manipulating Pat.
(b) He thinks that this hotel is unlikely to impress Pat.
(c) He does not like to see Pat standing alone outside the hotel.
(d) He thinks that Syl should have sent Pat into the hotel.

4. When Bat is trying to seduce Matilda in his apartment after she suggests the excursion, besides flattering her, what else does he tell her?
(a) Her religious scruples are holding her back.
(b) Her English boyfriend will never marry her.
(c) He will soon be rich.
(d) He wants to marry a Black woman.

5. Of the friends who have agreed to the housing plan, which three does the narrator say are at least somewhat serious about getting a house?
(a) Harry, Bat, and Syl.
(b) Gallows, Harry, and Ftiz.
(c) Bat, Gallows, and Harry.
(d) Harry, Fitz, and Bat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of Syl's behavior with women, what does the narrator compare women to?

2. Which of the friends sees Harry as he is being led away by the two men?

3. Why does Gallows say that he feels sorry for Harry?

4. What do Harry and Jean agree that Bat and his friends all lack?

5. What does the narrator say makes it seem "as if a hoodoo on old Syl, or else the gods favouring Battersby" (79)?

(see the answer key)

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