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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Ada promise to be faithful while Van is gone?
(a) No, she is adamant that she will not.
(b) No, she's not sure she can.
(c) Yes, she promises she will.
(d) Yes, she promises but is secretly unsure.

2. What gift does Dan give Ada for her birthday?
(a) Monogramed handkerchiefs.
(b) A book.
(c) A box of mints.
(d) A bracelet.

3. What causes both Van and Ada to rush back to the house?
(a) Rain has started to pour down.
(b) They've forgotten a visitor is arriving.
(c) They are afraid they've left their diaries out.
(d) They are angry and want to each be alone.

4. What is the "lolita" that Ada wears?
(a) A shawl.
(b) A shirt.
(c) A skirt.
(d) A hat.

5. Over the thirteen years preceding Aqua's death, how much does Van calculate that he's spent with her?
(a) About nine months.
(b) About two years.
(c) About eighteen months.
(d) About three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "eremitic reality or collective dream" Van discusses in his dissertation called?

2. Does Van talk to Ada before he leaves?

3. Why does Demon duel Baron d'Onsky?

4. Why does Phillip Rack come upstairs, interrupting Ada and Van?

5. What does Blanche tell Van?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marina chastise Van for, after calling him into her room?

2. What causes Lucette to follow Ada and Van around in Chapter 34?

3. How does Van first see Ada?

4. How does Van feel about Marina?

5. How does Lucette want to draw flowers, when her sister is trying to teach her to draw?

6. What did Ada do when Dr. Krolik died?

7. What does Ada have to do before she can go off and meet Van in private in Chapter 20?

8. How does Van feel about Cordula?

9. What is the first trick Ada and Van use to escape from Lucette?

10. How doe Van describe Ada's way of talking when explaining something funny?

(see the answer keys)

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