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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Dennis happy at his job?
(a) There are wonderful people working with him.
(b) It pays very well.
(c) It involves variety.
(d) The hours are great.

2. About whom does Dennis come to Hollywood to do a screenplay?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Shelly.
(c) Blake.
(d) Keats.

3. Why does one man say Sir Francis is fired?
(a) Because his daughter is a known prostitute among the actors.
(b) Because Dennis takes a job at a pet cemetery.
(c) Because his son was arrested for arson.
(d) Because his grandson works as a bagger at a grocery store.

4. Who no longer comes to Sir Francis' home office?
(a) His hairdresser.
(b) His secretary.
(c) His lawyer.
(d) His masseuse.

5. What did Dennis find difficult to believe when he first worked in Hollywood studios?
(a) That the actors were so childish.
(b) That the sets were mere facades.
(c) That there was no loyalty whatsoever.
(d) That the drama in real life was more melodramatic than in films.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the Englishmen described?

2. Whose nationality is changed from Spanish to Celtic?

3. Besides being fiction, how else is the story described in the paragraph that is set before Chapter 1?

4. What book has Dennis published?

5. Through what does Dennis have to pass in order to reach the reception area in the mortuary?

(see the answer key)

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