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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. What is the "eremitic reality or collective dream" Van discusses in his dissertation called?
(a) Alluvium.
(b) Arcadia.
(c) Terra.
(d) Elysium.

2. What figures are prominent in Ada's early memories of learning about male anatomy and sex?
(a) A visiting parson and a caterpillar.
(b) A dock worker and a carriage driver.
(c) A visiting painter and a horse.
(d) A statue and a dog.

3. Where does Van hear Ada say "chort" or "devil"?
(a) At a picnic.
(b) At the zoo.
(c) At the dentist.
(d) In the library.

4. When Demon sees Ada, what about her appearance can he not bear?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Her braided hair.
(c) Her lipstick.
(d) Her dress.

5. What feature of Van's and Ada's is extremely similar?
(a) Their noses.
(b) Their hands.
(c) Their lips.
(d) Their eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick give Van as payment for losing the card game?

2. Where does Percy de Prey ask Van to meet him?

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

4. After Van returns from washing his hands, where does he find Ada?

5. What does Ada think of telling Lucette, to get her to leave Van alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Dick cheat at cards, and how does Van best him?

3. What happens in Van's stage act?

4. What does Ada say lions do when they eat a person?

5. What reason does Van give Marina for leaving?

6. How does Aqua kill herself?

7. How does Van circumvent the rules about what Ada is supposed to read from the library?

8. What does Van do, when Ada suggests he spank Lucette?

9. How does Van feel about Marina?

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

(see the answer keys)

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