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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do Van and Ada give Lucette to memorize eight lines of poetry?
(a) Twenty minutes.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Ninety minutes.
(d) An hour.

2. Which of the following authors do Van and Ada like?
(a) Heinrch Muller.
(b) Rabelais.
(c) Herr Masoch.
(d) Marquis de Sade.

3. What word does the person who left the note in Van's jacket use for "dupe"?
(a) Berne.
(b) Chicane.
(c) Cozen.
(d) Befool.

4. What is the "eremitic reality or collective dream" Van discusses in his dissertation called?
(a) Elysium.
(b) Alluvium.
(c) Arcadia.
(d) Terra.

5. What question of Van's does Ada not answer in Chapter 12?
(a) What she dreams about at night.
(b) What she feels about him.
(c) What the third Real Thing is.
(d) What the difference is between town and country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ada say about the roses Percy gives her?

2. What phrase does Ana use repetitively throughout her first communication with Van?

3. Why does Phillip Rack come upstairs, interrupting Ada and Van?

4. Who is Mr. Gromwell?

5. What does Marina have in her screwdrivers instead of orange juice?

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