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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Whole Sick Crew, and Chapter 3, In which Stencil, a quick-change artist, does eight impersonations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Porpentine?
(a) One of the Englishmen at the cafe who is a guest at the consulate party.
(b) A British spy.
(c) A fake prisoner.
(d) A lover of Victoria Wren.

2. What is Lepsius wearing at the party?
(a) A carmelian rose.
(b) A cravat.
(c) A gun holster.
(d) Blue-tinted eyeglasses.

3. What is the name of the lover of Victoria Wren?
(a) Hugh Bongo-Shaftsbury.
(b) McClintic Sphere.
(c) Bill Glass.
(d) Dr. Schoenmaker.

4. What is the name of the tavern that Benny Profane enters in Norfolk, Virginia on Christmas Eve, 1955?
(a) Sailor's Grave.
(b) Reservoir.
(c) Mermaid Tavern.
(d) Butch Cat.

5. When the police arrive at the bar, where do Profane, Pig and Paola flee to?
(a) They go to the boat.
(b) They climb up the fire escape.
(c) They go to an apartment of another sailor, Morris Teflon.
(d) They run away to Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the competitor for Lepsius's business?

2. What does Rachel do that Benny is afraid of?

3. What happens when Paola and Profane have sex?

4. What apparently had Paola done by marrying Pappy Hod?

5. Who is Alice?

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