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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Story of a Business Partnership.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Guido do better than Zeno?
(a) Gambled.
(b) Worked.
(c) Played the cello.
(d) Played the violin.

2. What did Alberta say she wanted to do with her life?
(a) See the world.
(b) Become a college professor.
(c) Become a mother.
(d) Become a writer.

3. According to Zeno's estimation, how old was his father's doctor?
(a) In his seventies.
(b) Not much older than twenty.
(c) In his thirties.
(d) Not more than forty.

4. How did Augusta feel about the fifth addition to the office?
(a) Happy.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Jealous.

5. A doctor asked Zeno's father to return for a follow-up visit after a few weeks. Why didn't his father go back to the doctor?
(a) He felt better.
(b) He said the doctor's fees were astronomical.
(c) He said doctors and grave diggers were equally odious.
(d) He believed the doctor was incompetent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Zeno listen to his friend's lecture about the Greeks and the Hebrews?

2. How does Zeno describe his father's death?

3. How much time does Zeno say he spent with his father before his death?

4. Whom did Zeno ask to marry him next when Ada refused?

5. Why does Zeno think Carmen screamed on the boat?

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