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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What author does Henry discover that cheers him?
(a) Goethe
(b) Benedetto Croce
(c) Papini
(d) Immanuel Kant
2. What does Marlowe want Henry and Carl to do during his absence?
(a) Write his reviews for the newspaper
(b) Stay away from his wife
(c) Send him money
(d) Pay his bar bills
3. How long has Henry's wife, Mona, been gone from Paris?
(a) A month
(b) Three years
(c) A year
(d) Several days
4. What does Henry say about Napoleon?
(a) He was sabotaged by his own lusts.
(b) It was not his ideas they wanted; it was his corpse.
(c) He was once what modorf is now.
(d) It was not his military genious; it was his short stature.
5. In spite of Marlowe's assurances, what do Carl and Henry know he will not do?
(a) Bring them souvenirs from America
(b) Recommend them for jobs
(c) Write them them every day
(d) Pay them when he returns
6. Why does Henry say that no one ever dies in Paris?
(a) No one stays long enough to die.
(b) You can read the names of famous people written on walls.
(c) Paris never forgets imbecils.
(d) People in Paris only drink wine.
7. How does Henry slightly disagree with Papini?
(a) Papini advises fasting; Henry advises feating.
(b) Papini desires to be alone; Henry wants loneliness.
(c) Papini flirts with religion; Henry refutes religion.
(d) Papini needs opera; Henry prefers musical comedy.
8. What is the movie playing at the Cine Combat?
(a) Notorious
(b) The Jazz Singer
(c) Metropolis
(d) Gone With the Wind
9. 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
10. 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
11. What is Henry's problem as the novel opens?
(a) He is about to be evicted.
(b) He needs a desk or table to write on.
(c) He is seriously ill.
(d) He lost his wallet.
12. What is Henry's paranoia at Sylvester's house?
(a) He thinks they are going to steal his book ideas.
(b) He thinks they are trying to get rid of him.
(c) He thinks they are planning to send him back to America.
(d) He thinks they are going to ask for rent.
13. Where has Henry taken the young Hindu for his sexual experience?
(a) The Dome
(b) To visit Tania
(c) Miss Hamilton's joint
(d) The Rue du Pasteru-Wagner
14. How do the commune people get money for food?
(a) Henry writes articles for newspapers
(b) Olga makes shoes
(c) The Russians sell blintzes
(d) The Dutchman carves wooden shoes
15. In spite of his hunger, where does Henry hang out in the evenings?
(a) The Dome
(b) The opera
(c) The Rue du Pasteur-Wagner
(d) The stage door of the Folies-Bergere
Short Answer Questions
1. On what are Henry and Boris talking about collaborating?
2. What does Nanantatee's friend, Kelpi, do when Nanantatee is not at home?
3. Who asks Sylvester if he can stay with him until he goes to bed?
4. What is the first thing the Hindu religious wants to do?
5. Who does Henry praise for putting her whole soul into her whoring?
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