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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game do Kit and Al play at The Cellar in Chapter Five?
(a) How I Met Sammy.
(b) How to Survive in Hollywood.
(c) The Best Movie of the Year.
(d) Top Ten Drinks of the Night.

2. In Chapter Four, when Al and Billie dance, what does she say about Sammy Glick?
(a) She thinks he is just the same as everyone else in Hollywood.
(b) She thinks of him as a partner and a potential agent.
(c) She admits she is taken by Sammy.
(d) She thinks he is an imposter.

3. How does O'Brien thank Sammy for helping with the article?
(a) He takes him out to dinner.
(b) He gives him a gift and charges Al for it.
(c) With a promotion.
(d) He doesn't thank him because he is ashamed.

4. What surprises Al about Hollywood?
(a) The city is a volcano waiting to erupt.
(b) The city both gives and takes.
(c) The city is full of fakers.
(d) The city is not unlike a village in its psychology.

5. How does Al liken himself to Sammy?
(a) They will both stop at nothing to get ahead.
(b) They have nothing in common.
(c) They are both columnists, Jewish, and American.
(d) They are both originally from another country and started their life in the slums.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Four, what conclusion does Al come to about his friendship with Sammy?

2. How does O'Brien feel about Al's mistake in his article?

3. Why does Al make a mistake on his article?

4. How does Sammy convince Selznick to buy the manuscript?

5. Why do people believe Sammy's lies?

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