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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry suggest is the task of the artist?
(a) To create something of his own out of the chaos around him
(b) To make bloated pages and erase petty intrusions
(c) To present only the beauty of the world
(d) To give the public what it wants

2. Where does Henry brush against Walter Pach?
(a) In the Dome
(b) In the American Express office
(c) In the Tuileries
(d) In the cinema

3. Why is Fillmore so taken with Macha?
(a) He is impressed with her title.
(b) He expects her to fall in love with him.
(c) He thinks she may know a princess for Henry.
(d) He believes she will make him a duke.

4. What is the main thing worrying Henry about his writing?
(a) Someone stealing his ideas
(b) Never having enough light to see by
(c) Having a serious writer's block
(d) Not knowing where he can sit to write

5. How does the English woman react when Henry suggests going to a hotel?
(a) She slaps his face.
(b) She tells him she is not that sort of girl.
(c) She charges an outlandish price.
(d) She turns and runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surrounds Henry on his walk on the Rue de Buci?

2. Who gives Henry the money he has upon returning from Le Havre?

3. Who used to call Henry a great human being?

4. What is the wild story Macha first tells Fillmore?

5. What does Henry say Van Norden tracks down like a sleuth?

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