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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the following quote that opens the novel: "Let us not become gloomy as soon as we hear the word 'torture'"?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Karl Marx.

2. What does the narrator claim to be guilty of in his confession in Chapter 5?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Bigotry.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Adultery.

3. How old is Ms. Mori when the narrator begins his affair with her?
(a) 37.
(b) 52.
(c) 39.
(d) 46.

4. How many fingers does the narrator describe the General having lost in Chapter 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. When did the narrator meet Claude?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say his mother called him in Chapter 2?

2. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?

3. What was the narrator's father's profession?

4. During what years was Ho Chi Minh prime minister of Vietnam?

5. Who is the author of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction?

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