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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in Henry's head as Moldorf reads the letter from Fanny, his wife in America?
(a) One of his surrealist fantasies
(b) He thinks about his own wife, Mona
(c) He daydreams of flying to America
(d) He gets a migraine

2. What surrounds Henry on his walk on the Rue de Buci?
(a) Sidewalk food venders
(b) Hotels and food
(c) Police looking at him suspiciously
(d) Beggars asking for food

3. What is Henry's perception of Mr. Wren, the American artist and writer?
(a) He makes no sense when he talks.
(b) He has everything because he has a rich wife.
(c) He is a better writer than Henry.
(d) He is someone Henry wants to know better.

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

5. In Henry's fantasy about Fanny, what is happening to her?
(a) She is blowing up li9ke a balloon.
(b) She is melting.
(c) Something is tickling her.
(d) She is crying hysterically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Claude arouse in Henry?

2. What has Van Norden lost at the Bal Negre?

3. Why is Boris intimidated by his wife?

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

5. What does Marlowe want Henry and Carl to do during his absence?

(see the answer key)

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