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Online resouce for Saul Bellow's novel "Herzog" . Includes study guide, notes on recurring themes, and a nice multiple choice quiz (25 Questions). I scored 95% (missed one) after finishing this "challenging novel". Favorite quote: Moses' paraphrase of the infamous Wilson administration quip that "what the world needs is a five cent synthesis." You don't say that to the masses in the midst of the depression, unless you're anxious to make the kind of mistake akin to Marie Antoinette's ill fated advice to "let them eat cake..." (I won't argue with "History", but this quote is often incorrectly attributed to her ).