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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Henry's wife, Mona, been gone from Paris?
(a) Three years
(b) A year
(c) Several days
(d) A month

2. Why does Henry say that no one ever dies in Paris?
(a) You can read the names of famous people written on walls.
(b) No one stays long enough to die.
(c) Paris never forgets imbecils.
(d) People in Paris only drink wine.

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

4. What is the movie playing at the Cine Combat?
(a) The Jazz Singer
(b) Notorious
(c) Gone With the Wind
(d) Metropolis

5. What does Henry resist taking from the Cronstadt baby?
(a) A chicken bone
(b) A Teddy bear
(c) A pacifier
(d) A glass of milk

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Henry staying as the novel opens?

2. What emotion does Claude arouse in Henry?

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

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

5. On what are Henry and Boris talking about collaborating?

(see the answer key)

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