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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Demon say that Lucette was, when he let her know about Dan's death?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

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

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

7. What is the best Franco-Estonian restaurant in Manhattan Major?
(a) Ursus.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Eutamias.
(d) Myotis.

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

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

10. 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.

11. What was Van's first novel called?
(a) Ardors in Ardis.
(b) Letters from Terra.
(c) Les enfants.
(d) In the Three-Ninth Kingdom.

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

13. Where does Van spend his free time while he is staying at Cordula's?
(a) The public library.
(b) The local park.
(c) The university.
(d) The art museum.

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

15. What two kinds of dreams does Van generally have?
(a) Professional and erotic dreams.
(b) Frightening and entrancing dreams.
(c) Exotic and mundane dreams.
(d) Lucid and unremembered dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sense does Van relate to time?

2. After meeting with Demon, does Van believe he should part with Ada?

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

4. What is Van doing while he stays at Cordula's?

5. What example does Van use in discussing order or succession in our perception of the past?

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