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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, In which Esther gets a nose job, Chapter 5, in which Stencil goes West with an alligator, and Chapter 6, In which Profane returns to street level.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paola offer that Fina does not for Profane?
(a) Money.
(b) Brains.
(c) A deeper connection.
(d) Beauty.

2. Who is the world adventurer at the party that Rachel attends?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Sloane.
(c) Stencil.
(d) Derek.

3. Where does Waldetar work as a conductor?
(a) The Alexandria and Cairo express train.
(b) The Egyptian opera.
(c) The British Philharmonic society.
(d) The Siberian railroad.

4. What is a strange habit of the seaman who Benny recognizes in the bar from the Navy?
(a) He chews his foot.
(b) He likes to bite the buttocks of barmaids.
(c) He sleeps upside down.
(d) He wears a toupe.

5. Why does Profane leave Angel and the rest of the crew?
(a) He is scared of them.
(b) Without work, he feels there is no longer a reason to stay with them.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Profane worried about when he sees fights among the Playboys and how his friend(s) reconcile them?

2. What does Heroic Love require according to the record executive's wife?

3. How does Yusef the anarchist gain access at the consulate party in order to gain information about the British?

4. What does Rachel say that Stencil wrote in his note?

5. On the last night before he leaves the Catskills, what does Benny see Rachel doing when he goes to talk to her?

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