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

3. What sense does Van relate to time?
(a) Touch.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Taste.
(d) Sight.

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

5. What has Van developed a test for?
(a) Determining happiness.
(b) Determining virginity.
(c) Determining pregnancy.
(d) Determining age.

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

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

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

9. What word does Greg seem to like to use?
(a) Grotesque.
(b) Awful.
(c) Terrible.
(d) Horrid.

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

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

12. What is Cordula doing when Van runs into her?
(a) Coddling a baby.
(b) Talking to dogs.
(c) Carrying groceries.
(d) Buying flowers.

13. What name does Van have for frightening dreams?
(a) Terra-terrors.
(b) End-edens.
(c) Dim-doom.
(d) Van-visions.

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

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