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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Here There Is No Why.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Odilo Unverdorben's reasoning for visiting prostitutes?
(a) He is despairing for the failure of his marriage.
(b) He says that he loves the human body and all living things.
(c) He wants to be soothed for the horror of his work.
(d) He is intoxicated with his power.

2. What does the narrator describe as an "atrocity-producing" situation?
(a) JFK's hero's welcome in Dallas.
(b) The possibility of nuclear war.
(c) The city.
(d) The hospital.

3. Where does the narrator get his mail from?
(a) The mailbox.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The supermarket.
(d) The fire.

4. What is the name on the door where the narrator thinks that Tod Friendly has found an apartment?
(a) Irene.
(b) Tod Friendly.
(c) John Young.
(d) Nicholas Kreditor.

5. Whom does John Young date?
(a) Parents of the children from the hospital.
(b) Women he meets in bars.
(c) Patients from work.
(d) Nurses from work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John Young land when he reaches Europe?

2. How does the narrator feel about Uncle Pepi?

3. What does the narrator think Uncle Pepi's work is?

4. What seems to the narrator to make more sense backwards?

5. How do the other doctors feel about John Young?

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