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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of Van's books?
(a) Terransmigration.
(b) Clairvoyerism.
(c) The Texture of Time.
(d) Furnished Space.

2. What is Ada's hair like?
(a) Long, curled, and dark.
(b) Long, straight, and dark.
(c) Short, blonde, and curled.
(d) Short, blonde, and straight.

3. What are the "three C's" Lucette says were talked about at Ada's house?
(a) Cubism, communism, and cabaret.
(b) Comedy, Coleridge, and cabbage.
(c) Cactuses, cattle, and cooking.
(d) Children, country, and complaints.

4. Where does Van track down Rack?
(a) Rack is at his children's school when Van finds him.
(b) Rack is in the hospital where Van is sent.
(c) Van tracks down Rack at a hotel, where he is with a lover.
(d) Van finds Rack at his music shop.

5. What word does Greg seem to like to use?
(a) Horrid.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Awful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following authors do Van and Ada like?

2. Where was Van born?

3. Who does Van write a letter to, to be sent in case he is killed in the duel?

4. How do Ada and Van keep their correspondence secret?

5. How long does Van spend in Cordula's Manhattan flat?

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