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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. What does the American woman inquire about that astonishes Henry?
(a) The furniture
(b) The heating system
(c) The toilet
(d) The view

2. Why can Henry not go to the cinema or into the opium joint?
(a) He needs to save the money to buy breakfast.
(b) He can't afford to be seen there.
(c) He is short a few sous.
(d) He has been banned from both places.

3. What is the main thing worrying Henry about his writing?
(a) Never having enough light to see by
(b) Someone stealing his ideas
(c) Not knowing where he can sit to write
(d) Having a serious writer's block

4. In spite of Marlowe's assurances, what do Carl and Henry know he will not do?
(a) Pay them when he returns
(b) Bring them souvenirs from America
(c) Recommend them for jobs
(d) Write them them every day

5. Where does Henry stay warm on a cold Easter morning?
(a) In the hotel lobby
(b) In the Dome
(c) In Eglise Ste.-Clotilde
(d) In bed

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry describe the poor people of Paris?

2. With what person does Henry compare his writing?

3. Sleeping on a mattress in the hall, what is Henry's troubled dream?

4. Where is Marlowe about to go?

5. Who asks Sylvester if he can stay with him until he goes to bed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Henry describe Moldorf?

3. What importance does Henry place on both the past and the future?

4. How does Henry use sarcasm in describing Nanantatee's lavish apartment?

5. Why does Henry go so often to the American Express office?

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

7. Describe Henry's friends in Paris.

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

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

10. How did Nanantatee fool Henry and other people when he was in New York?

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