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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of work is Henry doing that is not very creative?
(a) Writing jingles
(b) Book binding
(c) Proofreading
(d) Making ad layouts

2. Why does Henry return to hustling meals and lodging?
(a) Nanantatee kicks him out.
(b) He gets fired from his job.
(c) He doesn't make enough money on his job.
(d) He is trying to save his own money.

3. What does Henry think of when he is nursing old wounds on his way to Dijon?
(a) The death of Mona in America
(b) Friends who let him down
(c) Things he might have said
(d) All the mistakes he has made

4. What does the priest do with them?
(a) He holds them for the police.
(b) He sits them down and gives them a lecture.
(c) He throws them out into the cold.
(d) He gives them money to leave.

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

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

7. What is Henry's behavior just before he leaves the blonde woman's room?
(a) He listens for her return and takes back the money he gave her.
(b) He becomes panicky thinking she has gone for the police.
(c) He gets very angry that she left him there alone.
(d) He takes his time putting his clothes back on.

8. What is Henry's view of his world?
(a) It is dying of cancer.
(b) It is coming back to life.
(c) It is dying of cancer.
(d) It is getting smaller and smaller.

9. For whom does Henry do some ghost writing?
(a) A Jewish fur merchant
(b) A Russian art dealer
(c) A german he met through Elsa
(d) The owner of the Dome

10. What does Henry do for a photographer?
(a) He learns to work in his darkroom.
(b) He poses for pornographic pictures for a German collector.
(c) He finds whores for him to photograph.
(d) He writes captions for his photographs.

11. Why is Henry writing letters to Irene?
(a) She answers her letter with money enclosed.
(b) She has a room for rent in her house.
(c) She is the rich woman they are trying to secure for Carl.
(d) She is a great literary agent.

12. How do Henry and Fillmore become conspicuous in the church?
(a) Walking around and making callous remarks
(b) Having a coughing fit
(c) Laughing out loud
(d) Not knowing what to do with Holy Water

13. What favor does Van Norden want Henry to do for him?
(a) Procure virgins for him.
(b) Teach him how to find a rich wife.
(c) Write a love letter for him.
(d) Go with the mother of a girl he has lined up for his night off.

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

15. How do Fillmore and Henry deal with the cold flat?
(a) The burn the furniture.
(b) They sleep in the same bed.
(c) They leave and go visit Carl.
(d) They sip hot toddies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry's curious speculation about Mona?

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

3. How does the English woman react when Henry suggests going to a hotel?

4. What does Henry want to see in the Pension Orfila?

5. Who do Kruger and Swift recommend as a good friend for Henry?

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