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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian ask of Al in Chapter Five?
(a) To talk to Sammy.
(b) To write an article about what a fraud Sammy is.
(c) To leak the information to the press.
(d) To kill Sammy.

2. What do Julian and his wife spend all of their money on?
(a) On starting their own publishing company in Los Angeles.
(b) On suing Sammy.
(c) On a house in Hollywood.
(d) On going to Hollywood in order to get in touch with Sammy.

3. Some of the members of the Guild want to exclude others. Who do they want to exclude?
(a) Writers from the South.
(b) Writers who are not wealthy and those who are outsiders.
(c) Wealthy writers and those in the big business.
(d) Unpublished writers and writers who are still in school.

4. In Chapter Five, how does Al lose his week's salary?
(a) By making a bet with Kit.
(b) Buying too much champagne.
(c) At blackjack.
(d) Renting a limo for the night.

5. What does Al realize about Sammy's play, "Live Wire?"
(a) The play was terrible.
(b) Sammy stole Al's manuscript idea.
(c) Sammy has modeled the play after "The Front Page."
(d) He took the idea from Al's favorite comic book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title does Sammy sell the manuscript under in Chapter Two?

2. In Chapter Eight, what does Sammy insist on Al's first day at his new job?

3. What kind of tensions does The Guild experience in Chapter Seven?

4. How does Al feel about going back to Hollywood in Chapter Ten?

5. In Chapter Nine, what do Al and his friends debate over when they go out for drinks?

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