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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Psychoanalysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 said the doctor's fees were astronomical.
(b) He said doctors and grave diggers were equally odious.
(c) He believed the doctor was incompetent.
(d) He felt better.

2. In Chapter 6, why did Zeno leave the doctor's office smoking like a Turk?
(a) To re-educate himself.
(b) To try the doctor's experiment.
(c) To defy the doctor.
(d) To prove the doctor wrong.

3. Who accepted Zeno's proposal in the end?
(a) Carla.
(b) Giovanna.
(c) Anna.
(d) Augusta.

4. How does Zeno describe his grief when his mother died?
(a) Like being a frightened boy all over again.
(b) A token to a new and intense life.
(c) Overwhelmingly painful.
(d) Emotionally crippling.

5. On the day of his wedding, who arrived and stimulated Zeno to leave and go to the ceremony?
(a) Giovanni.
(b) Aunt Rosina.
(c) Guido.
(d) His future mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who caught Tacich's eye as a love interest?

2. What did the doctor say when Zeno asked him whether there was any hope?

3. With whom did Carla live?

4. How does Zeno describe his relationship with his father?

5. What kind of businessman was Guido?

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