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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. How did Zeno usually treat Augusta during his affair with Carla?
(a) With hostility.
(b) Coldly.
(c) With his customary tenderness and affection.
(d) Like a sister.

2. How does Zeno describe his relationship with his father?
(a) They shared the same taste in cigars.
(b) They couldn't stand each other.
(c) They had little in common.
(d) They were very close.

3. How does Zeno always try to quit smoking?
(a) He throws all of his cigarettes into the trash.
(b) He makes resolutions.
(c) He hides his cigarettes.
(d) He stops buying cigarettes.

4. What surprised Zeno about Augusta?
(a) She stopped loving him.
(b) She was a good wife.
(c) She was a good cook.
(d) She had a nasty temper.

5. What change did Zeno and Augusta disagree about?
(a) Adding a den.
(b) Adding a laundry.
(c) Keeping the study for Zeno.
(d) Adding a nursery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ada go to recover from her illness?

2. Who asked Zeno if he thought death was the end of everything?

3. What does Zeno say about the noble attitude one has when he makes a resolution to quit smoking?

4. How did Augusta feel about the fifth addition to the office?

5. What was the state of Carla's virtue before Zeno's affair with her?

(see the answer key)

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