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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Boris not introduce Henry to the American woman who comes to see the apartment?
(a) Because he hates Henry
(b) Because she is beautiful
(c) Because he fears Henry will say the wrong thing
(d) Because Henry needs a bath

2. How does Henry say Moldorf hears his own voice?
(a) He hears the whisper of the breeze.
(b) He hears a roar while others hear a squeak.
(c) He hears the pounding of the suft.
(d) He hears the monotone of the telegraph lines.

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

4. Who helps get Henry out of Nanantatee's apartment much of the time?
(a) A young Hindu lecturer from India
(b) Kelpi
(c) Germaine
(d) Sylvester and Tania

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

6. Why does Henry say that no one ever dies in Paris?
(a) No one stays long enough to die.
(b) People in Paris only drink wine.
(c) You can read the names of famous people written on walls.
(d) Paris never forgets imbecils.

7. What is Nanantatee's stated profession?
(a) An art critic
(b) A newspaper publisher
(c) A Hindu mystic
(d) A pearl merchant

8. What does Nanantatee's friend, Kelpi, do when Nanantatee is not at home?
(a) He tells Henry secrets about Nanantatee.
(b) He raids the cabinet for food.
(c) He looks for loose change in the sofa.
(d) He sits on the front steps and waits for him.

9. What is the first thing the Hindu religious wants to do?
(a) Climb the Eiffel Tower
(b) Visit the Louvre
(c) Visit a brothel
(d) Set up a lecture schedule

10. What makes Henry feel ill when he opens the door of the commune?
(a) The smell of disinfectants
(b) The smell of cooking with rancid butter
(c) The stale smoke in the room
(d) The body odor of the Russians

11. What is the condition of the beds in the commune?
(a) They are straw mats on a hard floor.
(b) They are used by three or four people at once.
(c) They have no blankets against the cold nights.
(d) They are crawling with bedbugs.

12. At the Villa Borghese, what is the Englishman doing upstairs?
(a) Hammering nails
(b) Tap dancing
(c) Playing Bach
(d) Cooking stew

13. What does the young Hindu do that upsets the madame?
(a) He beats up a girl.
(b) He refuses to pay.
(c) He smokes foul smelling Indian cigars.
(d) He uses the bidet for a toilet.

14. What does Henry buy with the money he takes from Peckover?
(a) An American breakfast
(b) Coffee and a croissant
(c) A dozen eggs
(d) A cheap bottle of wine

15. Why is Henry always looking for a free meal?
(a) He is too miserly to buy for himself.
(b) He is perpetually hungry.
(c) He wants people to feel sorry for him.
(d) He is trying to cut down on his expenses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the American woman inquire about that astonishes Henry?

2. What is Marlowe's usual trick to get out of paying a bar bill?

3. What is Henry's problem as the novel opens?

4. What does Henry think about when he listens to Debussy?

5. In spite of Marlowe's assurances, what do Carl and Henry know he will not do?

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