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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 the blond woman react to Henry's offer of fifty francs?
(a) She laughs in his face and makes him ashamed.
(b) She screams out that he is a miser.
(c) She is insulted and Henry fears she might make a scene.
(d) She accepts it with gratitude.

2. How does Henry see what he calls the inhuman race of artists?
(a) As standing on high places and ripping out their entrails
(b) As being able to sieze the unobtainable.
(c) As being stoned to death my the humans
(d) As divine angels of light

3. When Henry is alone with Tania, what does she do?
(a) She chews his ear off about Russia.
(b) She talks about divorcing Sylvester and marrying Carl.
(c) She agrees to sleep with him.
(d) She lets Henry see her without makeup.

4. Why does Henry return to hustling meals and lodging?
(a) He doesn't make enough money on his job.
(b) Nanantatee kicks him out.
(c) He gets fired from his job.
(d) He is trying to save his own money.

5. What does Henry want to see in the Pension Orfila?
(a) The lavatories with the gold fixtures
(b) The fabled murals by Picasso
(c) The bust of Homer
(d) The room where Strindberg once lived

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it in Irene's expensive hotel that makes Henry think about Van Norden?

2. How do Henry and Fillmore become conspicuous in the church?

3. Why is Fillmore so taken with Macha?

4. Why is Henry going to Dijon?

5. What does Henry have to learn to do in his new job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Henry's thoughts about the naked trollops represent?

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

3. Give a brief description of Van Norden.

4. Where has Tania been and what does she want from Henry?

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

6. Why does Kruger evict Henry from his studio?

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

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

9. Explain how Henry compares Paris to a whore.

10. When the blonde woman stays away too long and leaves Henry alone in her room, what does he do?

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