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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

3. How tall is Claude described as in Chapter 1?
(a) 5'11".
(b) 6'4".
(c) 5'8".
(d) 6'2".

4. What kind of store does the narrator describe the General opening in Chapter 5?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) A liquor store.
(c) A clothing store.
(d) A bakery shop.

5. Where have the narrator and Bon landed in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Guam.
(b) Laos.
(c) The Philippines.
(d) Cambodia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the dictator of the Philippines when the narrator leaves in Chapter 1?

3. Whom does the narrator say actually came up with the question attributed to Lenin in Chapter 1: "What is to be done?"

4. Who has the General enlisted to help the narrator in killing the major in Chapter 5?

5. How old is the Department Chair described as in Chapter 4?

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