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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. Who is Mildred?
(a) Victoria's sister.
(b) Victoria's nemesis.
(c) Victoria's aunt.
(d) Victoria's mother.

2. Who did Stencil meet that talked to him about the sewers and the rat Veronica?
(a) Zeitsuss.
(b) Benny.
(c) Paola.
(d) V.

3. How do Benny and Rachel first meet?
(a) At a diving event.
(b) After she almost runs him over outside the restaurant.
(c) At a party.
(d) At his mother's house.

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

5. In a cafe in Egypt, what does the waiter P. Aieul hear two Englishmen talk about?
(a) A coming thunderstorm.
(b) A party at the consulate that night.
(c) A dance they do not want to miss.
(d) A war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Esther's lover?

2. What did the priest who tried to convert rats to Catholicism in New York City believe?

3. Where does Benny get an interview?

4. Who are the Playboys?

5. What is the name of the man who has a proclivity for young girls that latches on to Porpentine?

(see the answer key)

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