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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 are the physical ailments of the people in Fillmore's apartment?
(a) Macha give the clap to both Fillmore and Henry.
(b) Macha falls and breaks her arm, Fillmore cartches cold, and Henry has the measles.
(c) Fillmore has bronchitis, Macha has the clap, and Henry has piles.
(d) They all come down with influenza.

2. What does Fillmore do when he arrives home from work in the evenings?
(a) He uncorks some champagne.
(b) He goes to the table to see how many pages Henry has written that day.
(c) He invites Henry out to dinner.
(d) He tells Henry about the women he met that day.

3. What effect does Henry think the homeless beggars have on society?
(a) They make us bleed for five minutes, that is all.
(b) They make us count our blessings.
(c) They frighten us in the dark.
(d) They make us change the world.

4. What does Van Norden use to bribe Henry into helping him?
(a) A place to write
(b) The promise of a meal now and then
(c) His black book of names of girls who have sex for free
(d) A few hundred francs

5. What do Henry and Fillmore do when the priest chases them outside?
(a) They hop on a passing bus.
(b) They throw snowballs at the priest.
(c) They hide in a dark alley.
(d) They run as fast as their legs can carry them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry think of when he is nursing old wounds on his way to Dijon?

2. What does the priest do with them?

3. What does Henry say is the worst writing job he undertook?

4. What does Henry do for a photographer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Henry's feelings when he has placed himself on a budget.

2. What is it about Van Norden that puzzles Henry?

3. Give a brief description of Van Norden.

4. Why does Kruger evict Henry from his studio?

5. How does Henry feel going to his room in the dark dormitory late at night?

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

7. Describe the idea Henry and Carl get from Van Norden.

8. What makes Henry think about the high born women of Paris?

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

10. What is Fillmore's reason for being so considerate of Henry?

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