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 is the name of the barmaid who brings Benny Profane a drink at the tavern in Virginia?
(a) Ploy.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Maria.
(d) Sara.

2. What does Angel do for a living?
(a) He kills people.
(b) He catches alligators in the sewers of New York City.
(c) He dances in Times Square.
(d) He cooks meat.

3. 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 wears a toupe.
(d) He sleeps upside down.

4. How does Yusef the anarchist gain access at the consulate party in order to gain information about the British?
(a) He hides in the raft beams.
(b) He dates the ambassador's daughter.
(c) He breaks the lock.
(d) He works the punch table.

5. What is Profane worried about when he sees fights among the Playboys and how his friend(s) reconcile them?
(a) That it keeps getting worse.
(b) That it never ends.
(c) That the group worships Fina and what she has to do for them.
(d) That it is violent.