2. Sleeping on a mattress in the hall, what is Henry's troubled dream?
(a) Boris, Carl, and Tania laughing at him in the Louvre.
(b) The Mona Lisa scratching herself to get rid of bedbugs.
(c) The dancers and audience of Follies-Bergere all naked and scratching fleas.
(d) Germaine forcing him to marry her when she gets pregnant.

3. How do the commune people get money for food?
(a) The Dutchman carves wooden shoes
(b) Olga makes shoes
(c) Henry writes articles for newspapers
(d) The Russians sell blintzes

4. What is the main thing worrying Henry about his writing?
(a) Having a serious writer's block
(b) Not knowing where he can sit to write
(c) Never having enough light to see by
(d) Someone stealing his ideas

5. Where is Marlowe about to go?
(a) New York City
(b) San Francisco
(c) London
(d) Hamburg

6. What does Henry say about Napoleon?
(a) He was sabotaged by his own lusts.
(b) He was once what modorf is now.
(c) It was not his military genious; it was his short stature.
(d) It was not his ideas they wanted; it was his corpse.

7. How much money does Henry get from Peckover?
(a) Fifty francs
(b) One franc-fifty
(c) Ten francs
(d) Fifty centimes

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

9. What does Marlowe want Henry and Carl to do during his absence?
(a) Send him money
(b) Stay away from his wife
(c) Pay his bar bills
(d) Write his reviews for the newspaper

10. What is Henry's problem as the novel opens?
(a) He lost his wallet.
(b) He is about to be evicted.
(c) He needs a desk or table to write on.
(d) He is seriously ill.

11. What does the young Hindu do before leaving Paris?
(a) Gets drunk
(b) Gets the last of Henry's money
(c) Signs a book deal with a publisher
(d) Visits a brothel again

12. What does Carl say makes him want to go to Arizona?
(a) It is a place where they look you square in the eye.
(b) It is a place where he can find quiet to write.
(c) It is a place where there is lots of space.
(d) It is a good place for his allergies.

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

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

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