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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Henry say that no one ever dies in Paris?
(a) You can read the names of famous people written on walls.
(b) Paris never forgets imbecils.
(c) No one stays long enough to die.
(d) People in Paris only drink wine.

2. How does Henry picture Serge's lazy slut of a wife?
(a) As a would-be writer with no talent.
(b) As an intelligent, hard working American woman.
(c) As an emaciated American woman with no ambition.
(d) As a fat American lying on the sofa eating bon bons.

3. How does Henry say he knows Nanantatee?
(a) Boris introduced them.
(b) They met in New York.
(c) They met at the Dome.
(d) They met on the ship coming from America.

4. What does Henry buy with the money he takes from Peckover?
(a) A cheap bottle of wine
(b) A dozen eggs
(c) Coffee and a croissant
(d) An American breakfast

5. Why does Boris not introduce Henry to the American woman who comes to see the apartment?
(a) Because he hates Henry
(b) Because she is beautiful
(c) Because Henry needs a bath
(d) Because he fears Henry will say the wrong thing

Short Answer Questions

1. What woman is Henry obsessed with?

2. When Henry is writing about Claude, of whom is he really thinking?

3. What is Henry's perception of Mr. Wren, the American artist and writer?

4. Who does Henry praise for putting her whole soul into her whoring?

5. What is Henry's paranoia at Sylvester's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry describe the book on which he is working?

2. How does Henry contrast a merry-go-round and the Germans?

3. What does Henry say about his escape from Serge?

4. What does Henry know about Walter Pach?

5. What does Serge promise in lieu of a big Russian meal each day?

6. What are Henry's evenings with Carl like?

7. In relating his experience with the young Hindu, what is Henry expressing about his own beliefs?

8. How does Henry describe the relationship between him, Boris, and Elsa?

9. What is the scene at the beginning of the novel and how does it set up the condition Henry is in while in Paris?

10. What had Henry hoped for when he met Serge?

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