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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In spite of his hunger, where does Henry hang out in the evenings?
(a) The stage door of the Folies-Bergere
(b) The opera
(c) The Dome
(d) The Rue du Pasteur-Wagner

2. What finally gets the Russian princess out of Fillmore's apartment?
(a) Macha is hospitalized.
(b) The cold makes Macha leave.
(c) Macha gets her inheritance.
(d) The police come for Macha.

3. What is Henry's metaphor for his artistic suffering?
(a) Being enslaved
(b) Walking on hot coals
(c) Digging graves
(d) Lying down with lions

4. How does the blond woman react to Henry's offer of fifty francs?
(a) She accepts it with gratitude.
(b) She is insulted and Henry fears she might make a scene.
(c) She laughs in his face and makes him ashamed.
(d) She screams out that he is a miser.

5. When the young girl's parents come to take her away, what saves Carl?
(a) He recognizes the father from the Dome.
(b) The girl's mother gets an immediate crush on Carl.
(c) Her father is impressed that he was reading Faust and Shakespeare.
(d) He gives the parents a large sum of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry see what he calls the inhuman race of artists?

2. Why does Henry say that no one ever dies in Paris?

3. Who urges Henry to run away to Russia with Tania?

4. Who does Henry believe is undermining him during the last days in Villa Borghese?

5. What is the condition of the beds in the commune?

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