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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Demon die?
(a) Of a stroke.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) Of heart failure.
(d) In an airplane accident.

3. What symptom causes Andrey to go to the doctor?
(a) He has piercing headaches.
(b) He gets dizzy.
(c) He coughs up blood.
(d) His right arm is numb.

4. What does the newspaper Van's father is reading at the airport say?
(a) Cyprus Compromises.
(b) Dominica Dominates.
(c) Romania Reconsiders.
(d) Crimea Capitulates.

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

6. What causes Eberthella Brown to spill her coffee?
(a) A rude joke.
(b) A ringing phone.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A caterpillar.

7. What does Ada suggest that she and Van should do in a few days, after she finishes her business in Geneva?
(a) Go on a cruise to Greece.
(b) Travel back to Ardis Hall.
(c) Go climbing in the Swiss Alps.
(d) Go on a tour of England.

8. What does Van invite Lucette to do?
(a) Come stay at his Manhattan flat with him.
(b) Come to Ardis Hall with him.
(c) Go out to dinner with him and spend the night.
(d) Travel with him to Paris and London.

9. What does Kim Beuharnais use to extort money from Ada?
(a) Photographs of her and Van.
(b) Photography of her and Rank.
(c) Photographs of her and Lucette.
(d) Photographs of her and Percy.

10. What does Dorothy come to believe about Van?
(a) That he's secretly in love with Dorothy.
(b) That he's helping Ada arrange to meet a lover.
(c) That he's Ada's lover.
(d) That he's helping Ada meet a divorce lawyer.

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

12. How long does Van tell Demon his affair with Ada has been going on?
(a) Six years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Twelve years.

13. Who does Van see on the train?
(a) Uncle Dan.
(b) Blanche.
(c) His father.
(d) Cordula.

14. What is Cordula doing the first time Van tries to walk on his hands after his injury?
(a) She is brushing her hair.
(b) She is in the bath.
(c) She is reading a book.
(d) She is sleeping.

15. Who chooses the girls at Villa Venus?
(a) David van Veen.
(b) A beautiful, lesbian house-mother.
(c) Councils of Elderly Noblemen.
(d) The Head Venus Luminary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ada feel about acting tips from Marina?

2. What type of fur coat does Ada wear?

3. When Demon is sixty, how old is his Spanish lover?

4. How many copies of Van's book are sold in the first year?

5. What was Van's first novel called?

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