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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Henry's problem as the novel opens?
(a) He needs a desk or table to write on.
(b) He is seriously ill.
(c) He lost his wallet.
(d) He is about to be evicted.

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

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

4. What price is extracted from Henry for his meals at the Cronstadts?
(a) Cleaning the toilets
(b) Translating letters
(c) Reading from his manuscript
(d) Carbons and babysitting

5. What emotion does Claude arouse in Henry?
(a) Pity
(b) Lust
(c) Hate
(d) Indifference

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the American woman inquire about that astonishes Henry?

2. Where is Marlowe about to go?

3. What makes Henry feel ill when he opens the door of the commune?

4. Who asks Sylvester if he can stay with him until he goes to bed?

5. What deformity does Henry have in his fantasy at the cinema?

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