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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Van term the act of pausing and sending the mind slightly backwards, to examine the moment of the present?
(a) Deliberate Present.
(b) Considered Present.
(c) Prolonged Present.
(d) Traveled Present.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who does the woman on the boat mistake Van for?
(a) Vivian Vale.
(b) Avery Andrews.
(c) Drew Dawson.
(d) Sidney Star.

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

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

11. What does Kim Beuharnais use to extort money from Ada?
(a) Photographs of her and Lucette.
(b) Photographs of her and Percy.
(c) Photographs of her and Van.
(d) Photography of her and Rank.

12. What does Van not bother to put on before heading out to meet Ada?
(a) Socks.
(b) A jacket.
(c) A tie.
(d) A hat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the central photograph on a page of small images, what is the only part of Ada that's visible?

2. What does VPL stand for?

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

4. What causes Eberthella Brown to spill her coffee?

5. Where does Van track down Rack?

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