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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 fears Henry will say the wrong thing
(b) Because he hates Henry
(c) Because Henry needs a bath
(d) Because she is beautiful

2. What is Henry's perception of Mr. Wren, the American artist and writer?
(a) He makes no sense when he talks.
(b) He is someone Henry wants to know better.
(c) He is a better writer than Henry.
(d) He has everything because he has a rich wife.

3. How does Henry picture Serge's lazy slut of a wife?
(a) As an intelligent, hard working American woman.
(b) As a would-be writer with no talent.
(c) As an emaciated American woman with no ambition.
(d) As a fat American lying on the sofa eating bon bons.

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

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

6. Who comprises the communal life with Henry?
(a) A dormitory of university students
(b) Several young expatriate American students
(c) Some crazy Russians, a Dutchman, and a Bulgarian woman nemed Olge
(d) Some dwarfs from the Cirque Medrano

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

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

9. On what are Henry and Boris talking about collaborating?
(a) A History of the Left Bank
(b) The End of Innocence
(c) The Last Book
(d) The Death of the World

10. How does Henry say he knows Nanantatee?
(a) They met in New York.
(b) Boris introduced them.
(c) They met at the Dome.
(d) They met on the ship coming from America.

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

12. Normally a slob, how does Nanantatee change after Henry moves in?
(a) He moves them into a fancy hotel.
(b) He becomes excessively clean.
(c) He starts picking up after himself.
(d) He hires a maid.

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

14. Why can Henry not go to the cinema or into the opium joint?
(a) He can't afford to be seen there.
(b) He has been banned from both places.
(c) He needs to save the money to buy breakfast.
(d) He is short a few sous.

15. What woman is Henry obsessed with?
(a) Tania
(b) Ginette
(c) Claude
(d) Mona Lisa

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Henry get from Peckover?

2. When Henry is writing about Claude, of whom is he really thinking?

3. How does Kelpi make his living?

4. What does Marlowe want Henry and Carl to do during his absence?

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

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