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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Henry not go to the cinema or into the opium joint?
(a) He needs to save the money to buy breakfast.
(b) He can't afford to be seen there.
(c) He has been banned from both places.
(d) He is short a few sous.

2. How do the commune people get money for food?
(a) Henry writes articles for newspapers
(b) The Russians sell blintzes
(c) The Dutchman carves wooden shoes
(d) Olga makes shoes

3. How does Henry describe Elsa's piano playing?
(a) Like broken pots and skulls clanking
(b) Like divine music
(c) Like wind howling through the trees
(d) Like an out of tune organ

4. What is Henry thinking about as he walks along the Champs-Elysee?
(a) His empty stomach
(b) His superb health
(c) His good friends
(d) His new book

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry imagine is the value of the ring he tries to pawn?

2. Where does Henry brush against Walter Pach?

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

4. What woman is Henry obsessed with?

5. In spite of Marlowe's assurances, what do Carl and Henry know he will not do?

(see the answer key)

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