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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry say he knows Nanantatee?
(a) They met at the Dome.
(b) They met in New York.
(c) They met on the ship coming from America.
(d) Boris introduced them.

2. What does Marlowe want Henry and Carl to do during his absence?
(a) Write his reviews for the newspaper
(b) Pay his bar bills
(c) Stay away from his wife
(d) Send him money

3. How does Henry sum up his idea of le bel aujourd'hui?
(a) Sunshine and lilacs all year long
(b) No memories, no suffering, no interruptions
(c) Sitting down to a good meal daily
(d) No sorrows, no regrets, no past, no future

4. In what way does Henry say Carl and Boris are sufferers?
(a) They are mad and tone deaf.
(b) They are bewitched by words.
(c) They are hungry and tired.
(d) They lack self-confidence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young Hindu do that upsets the madame?

2. Having gone all day without anything to eat, what enters Henry's mind?

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

4. Why is Boris intimidated by his wife?

5. What is the title that Henry wishes he had thought of?

(see the answer key)

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