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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the story the blonde woman tells Henry through her tears?
(a) She says she has recently buried her child.
(b) She says her daughter is in the hsopital.
(c) She says she is about to be evicted from her rooms.
(d) She says she is being blackmailed.

3. How does the blond woman react to Henry's offer of fifty francs?
(a) She screams out that he is a miser.
(b) She laughs in his face and makes him ashamed.
(c) She accepts it with gratitude.
(d) She is insulted and Henry fears she might make a scene.

4. Who does Henry think is the one lone literary figure America has produced?
(a) Hawthorne
(b) Whitman
(c) Longfellow
(d) Poe

5. What is his idea about his book?
(a) To present a resurrection of emotions
(b) To write only what the public wants to read
(c) To give it up because his ideas are too radical
(d) To imitate the best sellers of his day

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

7. What city in America does Henry recall on the way to Dijon?
(a) Los angeles, California
(b) Jacksonville, Florida
(c) Austin, Texas
(d) Salt Lake city, Utah

8. How does the reader know how angry the priest is?
(a) He shouts surses at Henry and Fillmore.
(b) The veins pop out on his temples.
(c) He chases Henry and Fillmore outside, shaking his fist.
(d) He is jumping up and down just outside the door.

9. At the blonde woman's apartment, what feeling does Henry have when she goes to see her sick mother?
(a) He fears that some kind of scam is being pulled on him.
(b) He thinks the woman is holding out for more money.
(c) He decides to leave and never come back.
(d) He feels that he is in some kind of drama that will be in the morning papers.

10. How is Henry surprised by the blonde woman's action in bed?
(a) He fears that she is going to substitute her mother in the bed.
(b) He is amazed that she refuses to remove her kimono.
(c) He cannot believe how accomplished she is.
(d) He is startled when she reaches up and turns out the lights.

11. What is Van Norden's objection to French girls?
(a) They wear too much perfume.
(b) They charge too much for their services.
(c) They act as though they are doing him a favor.
(d) Either they want money or to get married.

12. What is Henry's curious speculation about Mona?
(a) He wonders if she ever thinks about him.
(b) He wonders if she has gotten fat.
(c) He wonders why she does not send him more money.
(d) He wonders if they will ever be together again.

13. What are they looking for in the church when the priest stops them?
(a) The collection box
(b) The statue of the Virgin
(c) The candles
(d) The exit

14. Why does Van Norden insist that his teeth are all rotten?
(a) Because of the water in Paris
(b) Because his dentist is incompetent
(c) Because he lost his toothbrush
(d) Because of the bread in France

15. What does Henry want to see in the Pension Orfila?
(a) The lavatories with the gold fixtures
(b) The fabled murals by Picasso
(c) The room where Strindberg once lived
(d) The bust of Homer

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Henry think the homeless beggars have on society?

2. What does Henry see as the only faults of Swift's mistress and model?

3. What happens in the place where Macha is known and has her hand kissed repeatedly?

4. Why is Fillmore so taken with Macha?

5. After losing his job, what do Carl and Van Norden keep asking Henry?

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