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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Proteus, Chapters 15-19 and Part Three: The Inquisition, Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after Simon's death is AIDS given its official name?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three weeks.

2. Before Gertie met Saul, it is said by the narrator that she had wanted to be a what?
(a) A housewife.
(b) A pilot.
(c) A ballerina.
(d) An intellectual.

3. What is NOT one way in which Simon describes his father Saul?
(a) Courageous.
(b) A man who skirts conflict.
(c) Timid.
(d) Decorous.

4. Simon remembers that he had drawn which same-suit cards from the deck during his encounter with the fortune teller?
(a) Four clubs.
(b) Four spades.
(c) Four diamonds.
(d) Four hearts.

5. Where is Klara performing when Simon sees her act for the first time?
(a) At Fisherman's Wharf.
(b) At a bookstore on the Embarcadero.
(c) At the public library.
(d) At a jazz club in the Fillmore District.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two items does Varya keep taped to the wall next to her bed?

2. Who steps in and stops the policeman's harassment of Simon outside of the police station?

3. What is the family celebrating when Klara calls on her opening night?

4. Klara tells the Mirage executives that it takes what element to reveal how inadequate reality is?

5. Klara does not believe in the Jewish heaven because she considers it to be too what?

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