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Questions 1-5 of 25:

What causes Ranocchio to start coughing up blood? (from Giovanni Verga's Rosso Malpelo)

Malpelo hits him on the back.

He falls in the mines.

Malpelo shakes him.

He swallows something sharp.

How does the Marquis treat Nunzia when he moves in? (from Aldo Palazzeschi's Bistino and the Marquis)

He ignores her.

Like a servant.

Kindly.

Rudely.

How does Nunzia try to raise her social status? (from Aldo Palazzeschi's Bistino and the Marquis)

By using the Marquis' title.

By robbing the Countess.

By bribing the Countess.

By using the Marquis' money.

How do the other townspeople react the Giacobbe's theory of what happened to Pallura's candles? (from Gabriele d'Annunzio's the Idolaters)

They ignore him.

They agree with him.

They are angered by it.

They are understanding.

Why does the narrator in "Competition" reject the law of competition? (from Alberto Moravia's Competition)

He doesn't understand it.

He thinks it is a lie.

He decides to never compete.

He thinks it is cruel.

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