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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. How does Henry make the decision to go to the blonde woman's apartment?
(a) He thinks it will be cheaper than paying for a hotel room.
(b) He thinks it will cheer her up if he goes to her place.
(c) He believes she will not sleep with him in a hotel.
(d) He thinks that at her place he might suggest moving in with her.

2. What was Carl's problem with Irene?
(a) Intimidation
(b) Impotence
(c) Vinereal diseast
(d) Stammering

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who urges Henry to run away to Russia with Tania?

2. Why is Fillmore so taken with Macha?

3. Where do Henry and Fillmore stumble in to get out of the cold?

4. What is Henry's assessment of Mark Swift?

5. What is Henry's behavior just before he leaves the blonde woman's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Fillmore so late in inviting Henry to move in with him?

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

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

4. Explain how Henry compares Paris to a whore.

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

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

7. Does Henry see everything that flows in the same way it was seen by Milton?

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

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

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

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