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

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

3. At the Villa Borghese, what is the Englishman doing upstairs?
(a) Playing Bach
(b) Tap dancing
(c) Hammering nails
(d) Cooking stew

4. What does Carl say makes him want to go to Arizona?
(a) It is a place where there is lots of space.
(b) It is a good place for his allergies.
(c) It is a place where they look you square in the eye.
(d) It is a place where he can find quiet to write.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are most of Henry's friends in Paris?

2. To torment Carl, what gossip does Marlowe whisper in his ear?

3. Where is Marlowe about to go?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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