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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Van challenge to a duel?
(a) A duke who steps on his toes on the train.
(b) A belhop who drops his luggage at the hotel.
(c) A waiter who addresses him insolently at dinner.
(d) A captain he accidentally bumps into leaving the train.

2. How many copies of Van's book are sold in the first year?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Six thousand.
(c) Six.
(d) Six hundred.

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

4. 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.

5. What color is Van's terrycloth robe?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

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

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

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

9. What is Van's earliest memory?
(a) A dog running off with his toy.
(b) His father pacing back and forth before his crib.
(c) The smell of bacon and coffee.
(d) A chunk of plaster falling into his cradle.

10. What did Van think was in the secret drawer in the secretaire at Ardis Hall?
(a) Ada and Lucette's great-uncle's cigars.
(b) Ada and Lucette's secret diaries.
(c) Ada and Lucette's grandmother's love letters.
(d) Ada and Lucette's grandfather's pistol.

11. Who is Mr. Gromwell?
(a) Ada's lover.
(b) Lucette's doctor.
(c) Demon's business partner.
(d) Van's lawyer.

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

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

14. In the central photograph on a page of small images, what is the only part of Ada that's visible?
(a) Her hand.
(b) Her foot.
(c) Her arm.
(d) Her knee.

15. At the Villa Venus where Van goes for the last time, what causes the grand piano to play?
(a) Birds.
(b) Clockworks.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is done with Marina's body after she dies?

2. What is Cordula doing when Van runs into her?

3. Where does Van spend his free time while he is staying at Cordula's?

4. What restaurant do Cordula and Van order food from?

5. Who does Van see on the train?

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