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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Sylvester if he can stay with him until he goes to bed?
(a) Boris
(b) Henry
(c) Cronstadt
(d) Moldorf

2. Why does Boris not introduce Henry to the American woman who comes to see the apartment?
(a) Because Henry needs a bath
(b) Because he hates Henry
(c) Because he fears Henry will say the wrong thing
(d) Because she is beautiful

3. On what are Henry and Boris talking about collaborating?
(a) A History of the Left Bank
(b) The Death of the World
(c) The Last Book
(d) The End of Innocence

4. Where is Henry staying as the novel opens?
(a) The Dome
(b) The YMCA
(c) The Ritz Hotel
(d) Villa Broghese

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main thing worrying Henry about his writing?

2. What is Henry's metaphor for his artistic suffering?

3. Who does Henry praise for putting her whole soul into her whoring?

4. Why does Henry say that no one ever dies in Paris?

5. In Henry's fantasy about Fanny, what is happening to her?

(see the answer key)

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