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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Marlowe's usual trick to get out of paying a bar bill?
(a) He pretends he doesn't see the bill.
(b) He makes a quick trip to the toilet.
(c) He pretends he is going blind.
(d) He mumbles about leaving his wallet in other pants.

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

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

4. What does Marlowe want Henry and Carl to do during his absence?
(a) Send him money
(b) Stay away from his wife
(c) Pay his bar bills
(d) Write his reviews for the newspaper

5. What is Henry's description of Marlowe?
(a) A broomstick wearing clothes
(b) The living epitome of Ickabod Crane
(c) A scarecrow in a cornfield
(d) Nothing but a skull perforated by two deep sockets

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Henry say Moldorf hears his own voice?

3. What is Henry's problem as the novel opens?

4. How does Germaine look to Henry in the clear light of day?

5. Who does Henry believe is undermining him during the last days in Villa Borghese?

(see the answer key)

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