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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Henry always looking for a free meal?
(a) He wants people to feel sorry for him.
(b) He is perpetually hungry.
(c) He is too miserly to buy for himself.
(d) He is trying to cut down on his expenses.

2. With what person does Henry compare his writing?
(a) Napoleon
(b) Moldorf, the dwarf
(c) Boris, another writer
(d) Mona, his wife

3. Who comprises the communal life with Henry?
(a) Some dwarfs from the Cirque Medrano
(b) Some crazy Russians, a Dutchman, and a Bulgarian woman nemed Olge
(c) Several young expatriate American students
(d) A dormitory of university students

4. How are Boris and Henry planning to write THE LAST BOOK?
(a) Dictating to a secretary
(b) In French and German
(c) Anonymously
(d) Each one writing every other chapter

5. What woman is Henry obsessed with?
(a) Mona Lisa
(b) Ginette
(c) Claude
(d) Tania

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry describe the poor people of Paris?

2. How does Henry slightly disagree with Papini?

3. What surrounds Henry on his walk on the Rue de Buci?

4. What does Henry resist taking from the Cronstadt baby?

5. When Henry is writing about Claude, of whom is he really thinking?

(see the answer key)

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