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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. How did Zeno get his first cigarette?
(a) His brother gave it to him.
(b) His friend Giuseppe gave it to him.
(c) He purchased a pack of cigarettes from a store.
(d) He stole it from his father.

2. How does Zeno describe the importance of cigarettes that are not a person's last?
(a) Depressing.
(b) Mundane.
(c) Satisfying.
(d) An assertion of freedom.

3. How did Zeno act whenever he was with Ada?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Shy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Foolishly.

4. What condition did Zeno think his father had?
(a) Cerebral hemorrhage.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Consumption.

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 believed the doctor was incompetent.
(d) He said doctors and grave diggers were equally odious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours a day did Zeno tell Tullio he worked in his office?

2. What did Alberta say she wanted to do with her life?

3. How old does Zeno say he was when he discovered that he hated the way cigarettes tasted and the way they made him feel?

4. According to Zeno, when did his mother die?

5. What does Zeno describe as his second trouble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Zeno write about marriage and Mother Nature?

2. Why did Zeno go to see Dr. Canestrini?

3. Why did Zeno's father say Zeno was mad?

4. How did Zeno describe his troubles with women to the doctor who had the electricity machine?

5. What does the doctor apologize for in the preface? Why?

6. Who asked Zeno to write his own autobiography? Why?

7. How does Zeno describe his future father-in-law?

8. Why did Zeno become upset with the doctor who had the electricity machine?

9. What does Zeno write about tears and faults?

10. Did Zeno tell Augusta that he loved her before they were married?

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