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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stage name does Van perform under?
(a) Archimadori.
(b) Drednovolavich.
(c) Strelnichorvada.
(d) Mascodagama.

2. Which of the following authors do Van and Ada like?
(a) Rabelais.
(b) Heinrch Muller.
(c) Herr Masoch.
(d) Marquis de Sade.

3. Why does Phillip Rack come upstairs, interrupting Ada and Van?
(a) To say goodbye to the family.
(b) To find a quiet place to lie down.
(c) To look for a restroom.
(d) To find a back way out of the house.

4. Who made up the games that Ana describes in Chapter 8?
(a) The governess.
(b) Ana.
(c) Lucette.
(d) Van.

5. What does Marina suspect might be Van's reason for leaving?
(a) He has left a girlfriend in London.
(b) He is eloping with Blanche.
(c) He is angry at something she said.
(d) His father is ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structure catches fire and wakes nearly everyone in the house?

2. What does Bout comment is covered in dust?

3. Where do Ada and Van lock up Lucette, ostensibly playing hide and seek, so that they can be alone?

4. What feature of Ada does Van most delight in?

5. After Van returns from washing his hands, where does he find Ada?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and in what circumstances do Van and Ada first have sex?

2. What happens in Van's stage act?

3. How doe Van describe Ada's way of talking when explaining something funny?

4. What are the circumstances of Marina's first romantic liaison with Demon?

5. How does Van feel about Marina?

6. How does Lucette want to draw flowers, when her sister is trying to teach her to draw?

7. What do Demon think of Marina's career as an actress?

8. Describe the encounter between Blanche and Van.

9. How does young Van feel about Ada?

10. What does Van do, when Ada suggests he spank Lucette?

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