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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Serge offer Henry in exchange for his services?
(a) Fifty francs a week.
(b) A private loft where he can write.
(c) Introductions to wealthy patrons.
(d) One meal a day and a place to sleep.

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

3. What has Van Norden lost at the Bal Negre?
(a) His gold pen
(b) His toupee
(c) His wallet
(d) His false teeth

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

5. How does Nanantatee irritate Henry?
(a) He tries to convert Henry to Hinduism.
(b) He insists on calling him Endree.
(c) He cleans his apartment all the time.
(d) He does not offer wine to Henry when he drinks.

6. Who are most of Henry's friends in Paris?
(a) Waiters
(b) Other Americans
(c) Spaniards
(d) Jews

7. What is Henry thinking about as he walks along the Champs-Elysee?
(a) His new book
(b) His good friends
(c) His empty stomach
(d) His superb health

8. Where are the people from who are coming to view the Villa Borghese apartment?
(a) America
(b) Dijon
(c) Spain
(d) London

9. What surrounds Henry on his walk on the Rue de Buci?
(a) Beggars asking for food
(b) Sidewalk food venders
(c) Police looking at him suspiciously
(d) Hotels and food

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

11. Where is Henry staying as the novel opens?
(a) The Ritz Hotel
(b) The YMCA
(c) Villa Broghese
(d) The Dome

12. Where has Henry taken the young Hindu for his sexual experience?
(a) To visit Tania
(b) The Dome
(c) Miss Hamilton's joint
(d) The Rue du Pasteru-Wagner

13. If Emerson is correct in saying that life consists of what a man thinks, what is Henry at this point?
(a) A wine bottle
(b) A satyr
(c) One long intestine
(d) No words on a blank page

14. What deformity does Henry have in his fantasy at the cinema?
(a) He has a glass eye.
(b) He has a crippled right hand.
(c) He has a club foot.
(d) He is short like Moldorf.

15. What is the title that Henry wishes he had thought of?
(a) Man and Superman
(b) The Red Shoes
(c) A Man Cut in Slices
(d) The Sun Also Rises

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Boris and Henry planning to write THE LAST BOOK?

2. About what does Serge want to learn?

3. Why is Henry always looking for a free meal?

4. Normally a slob, how does Nanantatee change after Henry moves in?

5. Where does Henry stay warm on a cold Easter morning?

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