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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title that Henry wishes he had thought of?
(a) The Red Shoes
(b) Man and Superman
(c) A Man Cut in Slices
(d) The Sun Also Rises

2. In what way does Henry say Carl and Boris are sufferers?
(a) They lack self-confidence.
(b) They are bewitched by words.
(c) They are hungry and tired.
(d) They are mad and tone deaf.

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

4. What is the main thing worrying Henry about his writing?
(a) Never having enough light to see by
(b) Not knowing where he can sit to write
(c) Having a serious writer's block
(d) Someone stealing his ideas

5. How does Moldorf view Sylvester?
(a) As a pitiful human being
(b) As a god
(c) As an inept writer
(d) As a great artist

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Sylvester if he can stay with him until he goes to bed?

2. How does Henry describe Elsa's piano playing?

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

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

5. With what person does Henry compare his writing?

(see the answer key)

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