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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 14-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what Manhattan landmark building did Dan propose to Marina in 1871?
(a) The first ten-floor Manhattan building.
(b) The first Manhattan brownstone.
(c) The first commercial apartment building in Manhattan.
(d) The first Manhattan glass-walled building.

2. What wakes Van his first morning at his aunt's home?
(a) The governess bringing tea.
(b) A bell.
(c) Birds.
(d) His aunt shaking him.

3. Who shows Van around his aunt's house?
(a) Marina.
(b) The governness.
(c) Ada.
(d) Lucette.

4. What is the Andalusian architect Alonso supposed to design?
(a) A school room.
(b) A swimming pool.
(c) A greenhouse.
(d) A play room.

5. What does Van dream of the night after he first has sex with Ada?
(a) Holding hands with Blanche.
(b) Being scolded by the governess.
(c) Riding a horse.
(d) Drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature of Van's and Ada's is extremely similar?

2. What color are Ada's eyes?

3. When writing her husband from sanatoriums, Aqua sometimes used a Russian term meaning what?

4. What figures are prominent in Ada's early memories of learning about male anatomy and sex?

5. What structure catches fire and wakes nearly everyone in the house?

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