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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Chapters 28-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marina have in her screwdrivers instead of orange juice?
(a) Apple juice.
(b) Grapefruit juice.
(c) Tomato juice.
(d) Lime juice.

2. Over the thirteen years preceding Aqua's death, how much does Van calculate that he's spent with her?
(a) About three weeks.
(b) About nine months.
(c) About eighteen months.
(d) About two years.

3. When Van takes a walk after first arriving at Ardis Hall, who does he run into?
(a) His two cousins, Ada and Lucette.
(b) His former governess and his cousin Lucette.
(c) His aunt and his father.
(d) Dark Veen.

4. When Van meets Ada in the forest fork, what is she wearing?
(a) A yellow tennis outfit.
(b) A robe and slippers.
(c) Shorts and a blue shirt.
(d) A long white formal dress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Van dream of the night after he first has sex with Ada?

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

3. What stage name does Van perform under?

4. What wakes Van his first morning at his aunt's home?

5. What Russian writer is quoted in the beginning of the novel?

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