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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 1-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Battersby make himself for breakfast?
(a) Mashed sardines.
(b) Toast and an egg.
(c) Beans and rice.
(d) Curried vegetables.

2. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what does he wish for, besides a woman?
(a) Food, rum, and marijuana.
(b) Power, money, and fame.
(c) Money, food, and rum.
(d) Fame, money, and respect.

3. When Battersby is daydreaming in the novel's opening, what kind of woman does he wish for?
(a) Nice.
(b) Generous.
(c) Smart.
(d) Beautiful.

4. On page 3, what does the narrator note that Battersby finds strange about living in England?
(a) The weather.
(b) The dialects.
(c) The traffic.
(d) The prices.

5. In the page 1 sentence "Pound notes and fivers start to fall all about in the room, until is as if he is swimming in it, and the water-mark rising higher and higher," what technique is being used?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nation has the protagonist emigrated from?

2. What question does Harry ask Battersby when they are on their way to the store?

3. What do Harry and Battersby's sister have a playful argument about when they meet?

4. What objection does Battersby have to having Harry as a roommate?

5. In what area of London is the novel set?

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