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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of Van's books?
(a) Furnished Space.
(b) Terransmigration.
(c) The Texture of Time.
(d) Clairvoyerism.

3. What is Lucette studying in 1892?
(a) History of Art.
(b) History of Philosophy.
(c) History of Literature.
(d) History of Music.

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

5. What occurs as Van enters the hotel to meet Ada?
(a) He trips over a suitcase.
(b) He runs into a small child.
(c) He is hit by a ball.
(d) He runs into a door.

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

7. Where does Van keep Ada's communications for fifty years?
(a) Inside a book of flowers.
(b) A safe in his library.
(c) A safe in a Swiss bank.
(d) Inside his pillow.

8. 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 knee.
(c) Her foot.
(d) Her arm.

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

10. Who is visiting Villa Venus, causing it to be overrun with police?
(a) Queen Margaritte and Prince Aubrey.
(b) President Alexander Screepatch and King Victor.
(c) Lord Evan Vanderley and Duke Hawthorne.
(d) President Claudia Sauter and King Alexander.

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

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

13. 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 climbing in the Swiss Alps.
(c) Go on a cruise to Greece.
(d) Go on a tour of England.

14. Why does Van give bribes to the janitor at his building?
(a) So the janitor won't distribute the photos he's taken of Van.
(b) So the janitor won't give out any information about the Veens.
(c) So the janitor will deliver food and do other errands for Van.
(d) So the janitor will fix problems in his apartment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Van track down Rack?

2. What has Van developed a test for?

3. What color is Van's terrycloth robe?

4. How long does Van tell Demon his affair with Ada has been going on?

5. How does the blind Spencer Muldoon describe colors?

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