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

2. How does Kelpi make his living?
(a) Collecting bottles for recycling.
(b) Picking tourists' pockets.
(c) Delivering messages.
(d) Guiding tourists to places where he gets a commission.

3. How long has Henry's wife, Mona, been gone from Paris?
(a) Several days
(b) A year
(c) Three years
(d) A month

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

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

7. What lucky find does Henry make in the cafe?
(a) A ticket to a concert
(b) A book by Papini
(c) A wallet filled with francs
(d) A woman who loves to support artists

8. Who does Henry praise for putting her whole soul into her whoring?
(a) Tania
(b) Fanny
(c) Germaine
(d) Claude

9. What is ironic about Henry's getting money from Peckover?
(a) He is almost as impoverished as Henry.
(b) Peckover cannot remember where he met Henry.
(c) He and Henry have a long standing feud.
(d) Peckover is Sylvester's cousin.

10. What is Henry's paranoia at Sylvester's house?
(a) He thinks they are trying to get rid of him.
(b) He thinks they are going to ask for rent.
(c) He thinks they are going to steal his book ideas.
(d) He thinks they are planning to send him back to America.

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

12. How does Moldorf view Sylvester?
(a) As an inept writer
(b) As a great artist
(c) As a god
(d) As a pitiful human being

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

14. To torment Carl, what gossip does Marlowe whisper in his ear?
(a) The police are looking for you.
(b) Your favorite girl has the clap.
(c) You're going to lose your job.
(d) Your apartment building is about to be condemned.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Having gone all day without anything to eat, what enters Henry's mind?

2. What makes Henry feel ill when he opens the door of the commune?

3. Who are most of Henry's friends in Paris?

4. On what are Henry and Boris talking about collaborating?

5. What has Van Norden lost at the Bal Negre?

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