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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry resist taking from the Cronstadt baby?
(a) A chicken bone
(b) A glass of milk
(c) A Teddy bear
(d) A pacifier

2. 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 he can find quiet to write.
(d) It is a place where they look you square in the eye.

3. What woman is Henry obsessed with?
(a) Ginette
(b) Mona Lisa
(c) Claude
(d) Tania

4. Having gone all day without anything to eat, what enters Henry's mind?
(a) A book he read about cheap whores on the Rue du Pasteur-Wagner
(b) A banquet he once attended where he ate pheasant under glass
(c) All the food that restaurants throw into the garbage bins
(d) His wife Mona who is working and has plenty to eat

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Serge happy to meet Henry?

2. On what are Henry and Boris talking about collaborating?

3. What is Henry's paranoia at Sylvester's house?

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

5. What price is extracted from Henry for his meals at the Cronstadts?

(see the answer key)

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