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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Lucette staying in New York?
(a) The Savoy Hotel.
(b) Van's apartment.
(c) The Winster Hotel for Young Ladies.
(d) A rented brownstone.

2. What restaurant do Cordula and Van order food from?
(a) Malta.
(b) Tuvalu.
(c) Monaco.
(d) Nauru.

3. What does Van think about the relativistic idea of space-time?
(a) He embraces it.
(b) He rejects it.
(c) He thinks it is partially true.
(d) He thinks it is both true and false simultaneously.

4. What kind of fish does Lucette have when she and Van go to lunch?
(a) Cod.
(b) Trout.
(c) Whitefish.
(d) Salmon.

5. Who is Van's second for the duel?
(a) Karl.
(b) Paulo.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Benjamin.

6. What does Ada think of Van's change in weight?
(a) She likes that he's grown skinny.
(b) She likes that there's more of him.
(c) She dislikes that he's grown fat.
(d) She thinks he's so skinny, he'll fade away.

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

8. What phrase does Ana use repetitively throughout her first communication with Van?
(a) I miss you.
(b) I implore you.
(c) I love you.
(d) I need you.

9. What department does Van study in at Kingston University, Mayne, in the Fall of 1892?
(a) Terraputic Development Department.
(b) Department of New Terrapists.
(c) Art Terrapy Department.
(d) Department of Terrapy.

10. What are the "three C's" Lucette says were talked about at Ada's house?
(a) Cactuses, cattle, and cooking.
(b) Comedy, Coleridge, and cabbage.
(c) Cubism, communism, and cabaret.
(d) Children, country, and complaints.

11. How does the blind Spencer Muldoon describe colors?
(a) As "fat" or "thin."
(b) As "strong" or "weak."
(c) As "big" or "small."
(d) As "expansive" or "internal."

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

13. When Demon is sixty, how old is his Spanish lover?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Twenty.

14. 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 helping Ada meet a divorce lawyer.
(d) That he's Ada's lover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chooses the girls at Villa Venus?

2. At the Villa Venus where Van goes for the last time, what causes the grand piano to play?

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

4. Who quips to Veen that he doesn't really need two women?

5. What does Eric envision as the yearly fee for membership in Villa Venus?

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