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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. Where is Guy Monod's mistress from?
(a) England.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Russia.

2. How does Guy Monod attempt to kill himself?
(a) He swallows garenal.
(b) He jumps from his second story window.
(c) He overdoses on heroin.
(d) He cuts his wrists.

3. In Chapter 17, what does Ossip tell Maga is Horacio's problem?
(a) He gets drunk too often.
(b) He is Argentinean.
(c) He cannot process life.
(d) He does not know how to love.

4. What form of horrific execution is shown by the pictures Wong produces in Chapter 14?
(a) Public stoning.
(b) Living surgery.
(c) Death by a thousand cuts.
(d) Flaying.

5. In Chapter 109, how does Morelli say he tells a character's story?
(a) Through disconnected moments.
(b) Through a succession of quotes.
(c) Through narration.
(d) Through dialogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to La Maga at the end of Chapter 3, how does Horacio relate to life?

2. In Chapter 74, Morelli says that the true nonconformist is only concerned with what to things?

3. According to Horacio in Chapter 124, what generally happens to Morelli's characters?

4. Whose favorite Morelli quote is Chapter 97?

5. According to Horacio in Chapter 2, who destroyed his philosophical quest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Horacio doing in the Ponts des Arts in Chapter 1?

2. Why does La Maga feel responsible for Pola's death in Chapter 27?

3. How is the reader introduced to Manolo Traveler in Chapter 143?

4. What criticism does Maga make of Horacio at the end of Chapter 3?

5. How are La Maga and Horacio different?

6. What is Horacio's goal for living in Paris?

7. How does Maga and Horacio's sex life become eerily unhealthy in Chapter 5?

8. Why does Ossip apologize to Maga in Chapter 24?

9. Why does Horacio get slapped by Bertha Trepat in Chapter 23?

10. What is Maga doing when Horacio arrives in Chapter 28?

(see the answer keys)

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