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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eric envision as the yearly fee for membership in Villa Venus?
(a) 7300 guineas.
(b) 5475 guineas.
(c) 1825 guineas.
(d) 3650 guineas.

2. What does Van tell Lucette when she calls to ask to come to his room?
(a) That he's not alone.
(b) That he's going out.
(c) That he doesn't want to see her.
(d) That he's going to sleep.

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

4. Why have the Robinsons given Lucette some medicine?
(a) She is sea-sick.
(b) She has insomnia.
(c) She has an earache.
(d) She has a migrane.

5. In the central photograph on a page of small images, what is the only part of Ada that's visible?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her foot.
(c) Her hand.
(d) Her arm.

6. What does Dorothy come to believe about Van?
(a) That he's Ada's lover.
(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 secretly in love with Dorothy.

7. To what drink does Van attribute his boyish look?
(a) Beer.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Champagne.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. How does Van feel about Ada when he first sees her after her husband's death?
(a) He is put off by the physical changes in her.
(b) He is excited and can't wait to get her alone.
(c) He is frightened yet tantalized by her.
(d) He is depressed with her lack of changes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Van say it's wrong to confuse time with?

2. What does Van invite Lucette to do?

3. What is the best Franco-Estonian restaurant in Manhattan Major?

4. What two kinds of dreams does Van generally have?

5. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of Van's books?

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