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

2. How long does Van spend in Cordula's Manhattan flat?
(a) A year.
(b) Six months.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

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

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

5. What two kinds of dreams does Van generally have?
(a) Frightening and entrancing dreams.
(b) Professional and erotic dreams.
(c) Exotic and mundane dreams.
(d) Lucid and unremembered dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who quips to Veen that he doesn't really need two women?

2. Where does Demon say that Lucette was, when he let her know about Dan's death?

3. What sense does Van relate to time?

4. What kind of fish does Lucette have when she and Van go to lunch?

5. What does Van insist on doing to avoid going to bed the first night on the cruise?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Van respond to Ada's arrival?

2. What does Van plan to do in the duel?

3. What plan does Lucette propose to Van?

4. What is Van's opinion of acting?

5. In Marina's last days, why is Van planning a trip to America?

6. What does Van do after leaving Demon?

7. What does Lucette say about Ada's hands?

8. How does Van characterize to Greg his relationship with Ada?

9. What exercise in memory does Van attempt, which he also gives to his patients?

10. Why does Van need to go back for more surgery?

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