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

2. Why does Van Norden not want to go to the Dome?
(a) He is tired of going to the Dome.
(b) He owes too much money there.
(c) He does not like the decor.
(d) He was there only last night.

3. 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 writes captions for his photographs.
(d) He finds whores for him to photograph.

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

5. How does the English woman react when Henry suggests going to a hotel?
(a) She charges an outlandish price.
(b) She turns and runs away.
(c) She tells him she is not that sort of girl.
(d) She slaps his face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Henry and Fillmore do when the priest chases them outside?

2. What is the wild story Macha first tells Fillmore?

3. What does Henry think will happen to the world if someone really writes his true thoughts and experiences?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it about Boris that Henry can never quite understand?

2. What does Henry think about the English girl who stops him in the rain to ask for the time?

3. What is the story that Collins tells Henry to lift his spirits?

4. Describe the scene when Yvette comes in drunk and half naked to Jimmie's bar.

5. What is the one thing that makes Van Norden's dump of a hotel acceptable?

6. Why is it that Henry does not want to go to Russia with Tania?

7. Explain how Henry compares Paris to a whore.

8. How does Henry start out to spend his last night in Paris before going to Dijon?

9. Give a brief description of Van Norden.

10. What is the unfortunate condition at the University during the winter?

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