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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Van have for frightening dreams?
(a) Van-visions.
(b) Dim-doom.
(c) Terra-terrors.
(d) End-edens.

2. What does VPL stand for?
(a) Very Private Letters.
(b) Valuing Personal Liabilities.
(c) Veen Partners Limited.
(d) Variegated Plastic Linings.

3. What example does Van use in discussing order or succession in our perception of the past?
(a) Remembering what days to take medicine.
(b) Remembering what he had to eat on previous days.
(c) Remembering whether his razor has been used once or twice.
(d) Remembering whether he has previously worn a tie.

4. What day does Ada's husband die?
(a) July 18.
(b) August 30.
(c) February 6.
(d) April 23.

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

6. What does Van say it's wrong to confuse time with?
(a) Illusion.
(b) Space.
(c) Memory.
(d) Being.

7. What did the artillery officer played by Kim Eskimossoff do for comic effect?
(a) Shot a gun.
(b) Took photographs.
(c) Juggled objects.
(d) Tap-danced.

8. What year are most of the photos that Van and Ada view together taken?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1880.

9. How did Ada feel about acting tips from Marina?
(a) They were insulting and sarcastic.
(b) They were useless and idiotic.
(c) They were extremely beneficial.
(d) They were somewhat helpful but few.

10. Why does Demon not want to turn Van over to the authorities for incest?
(a) He doesn't believe Van has done anything wrong.
(b) He doesn't want Van punished.
(c) He doesn't want the publicity.
(d) He doesn't want to hurt Ada.

11. What does Van see in Lucette's handbag?
(a) A yellow laquered mirror.
(b) A red jewel box.
(c) A green handkerchief.
(d) A blue envelope.

12. How long does Van spend in Cordula's Manhattan flat?
(a) A month.
(b) A week.
(c) A year.
(d) Six months.

13. Who does Van have read and forward his letter to Ada about Lucette's death?
(a) His father.
(b) Cordula.
(c) Ada's husband.
(d) His former governess.

14. What feeling does Van have while he tries to walk on his hands?
(a) That his neck is as versatile as a tail.
(b) That his left arm is shorter than his right.
(c) That, while inverted, he is walking on Terra.
(d) That his arms are disconnected from his body.

15. To whom does Van send the flowers he buys while waiting for Ada?
(a) Ada.
(b) A stranger.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Ada allow Van to send his apologetic letter to Lucette?

2. How does the blind Spencer Muldoon describe colors?

3. In the central photograph on a page of small images, what is the only part of Ada that's visible?

4. Where does Van track down Rack?

5. What is Lucette studying in 1892?

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