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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Serge want to learn?
(a) California wines
(b) Import-export
(c) Worms
(d) Fishing

2. How does Henry describe the poor people of Paris?
(a) The stuff that penny operas are made of
(b) The proudest and filthiest lot of beggars on the earth
(c) Like bedbugs in a cheap hotel
(d) A ubiquitous bestilence on the landscape

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

4. In spite of Marlowe's assurances, what do Carl and Henry know he will not do?
(a) Recommend them for jobs
(b) Pay them when he returns
(c) Write them them every day
(d) Bring them souvenirs from America

5. What does the young Hindu do before leaving Paris?
(a) Gets the last of Henry's money
(b) Signs a book deal with a publisher
(c) Visits a brothel again
(d) Gets drunk

Short Answer Questions

1. What woman is Henry obsessed with?

2. Where does Henry brush against Walter Pach?

3. In what way does Henry say Carl and Boris are sufferers?

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

5. Why can Henry not go to the cinema or into the opium joint?

(see the answer key)

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