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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry say is the worst writing job he undertook?
(a) A thesis for a deaf and dumb psychologist
(b) Jingles for newspaper ads
(c) Instruction for assembling kitchen gadgets
(d) Children's stories about a mouse

2. What does Henry see as the only faults of Swift's mistress and model?
(a) She has a great body but a hideously ugly face.
(b) She is a bad cook.
(c) She demands too much of Mark.
(d) She has lost her shape and her ability to support Mark anymore.

3. What is Henry's opinion about the war games that take place at the barracks next to Fillmore's place?
(a) He thinks they are depressing and utterly ridiculous.
(b) He thinks they are quite entertaining.
(c) He thinks that it makes him feel safe to be in France.
(d) He thinks that maybe he sould join the French Foriegn Legion.

4. At three o'clock in the morning, what is going on in Fillmore's apartment?
(a) Henry and Fillmore have two naked trollops romping on the floor.
(b) Henry and Fillmore are deep in metaphysical discussion.
(c) Macha wakes them up to get her things out of the apartment.
(d) Henry and Fillmore have both fallen asleep with their clothes on.

5. Who is the spiritual minded person Henry meets through the photographer?
(a) Kruger
(b) Voltaire
(c) The Dalai Lama
(d) Anise Nin

6. What weakness appears in Henry as he plans how to use the money given to him?
(a) He cannot pass up the French pastries at the bakery.
(b) He finds a budget place to live but shells out money to women.
(c) He buys expensive liquour and invites Fillmore over.
(d) He buys new clothes and goes to the opera.

7. What does Fillmore leave for Henry every morning after he moves in?
(a) A ten franc note
(b) Breakfast in bedFrech coffee and croissants
(c) Blank paper and a filled pen
(d) A book to read

8. Who used to call Henry a great human being?
(a) Mona
(b) Boris
(c) Collins
(d) Tania

9. How long does it take before Irene agrees to meet Carl in her hotel?
(a) Over a year
(b) About six months
(c) The end of the year
(d) Only a few weeks

10. After losing his job, what do Carl and Van Norden keep asking Henry?
(a) What will you do it your wife returns to Paris?
(b) Where are you going to find another job?
(c) Who will take you in since you've been through all your friends?
(d) Why don't you go back to America?

11. How much does Henry plan to spend on the blonde woman?
(a) He plans to spend over a hundred francs.
(b) He plans to spend only fifty francs.
(c) He plans to offer to let her move in with him.
(d) He plans to get her to bed him for free.

12. Why could Henry never show Mona the Paris he loves?
(a) He cannot take her to the places like the Dome.
(b) The Paris he loves is only in his mind.
(c) Mona never stays long enough for him to do it.
(d) It can only be seen through loneliness and hunger.

13. Who gives Henry the money he has upon returning from Le Havre?
(a) Boris
(b) Collins
(c) Fillmore
(d) Jimmie

14. What is it in Irene's expensive hotel that makes Henry think about Van Norden?
(a) A young virgin coming in as he is going out
(b) All the rich Englishwomen there
(c) The revolving door
(d) Seeing a prostitute he had once pointed out ot Henry

15. What is the best thing Henry notes about Kruger, the painter and sculptor?
(a) He is unbelievably wealthy.
(b) He is a splendid housekeeper.
(c) He has many contacts in the publishing world.
(d) He is also a great chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry suggest is the task of the artist?

2. When Henry is alone with Tania, what does she do?

3. What does Fillmore do when he arrives home from work in the evenings?

4. What does Van Norden use to bribe Henry into helping him?

5. What favor does Van Norden want Henry to do for him?

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