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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 phrase does Ana use repetitively throughout her first communication with Van?
(a) I miss you.
(b) I need you.
(c) I love you.
(d) I implore you.

2. What example does Van use in discussing order or succession in our perception of the past?
(a) Remembering whether his razor has been used once or twice.
(b) Remembering whether he has previously worn a tie.
(c) Remembering what he had to eat on previous days.
(d) Remembering what days to take medicine.

3. What does Ada think of Van's change in weight?
(a) She dislikes that he's grown fat.
(b) She thinks he's so skinny, he'll fade away.
(c) She likes that there's more of him.
(d) She likes that he's grown skinny.

4. What sense does Van relate to time?
(a) Touch.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Sight.
(d) Taste.

5. Who does Van challenge to a duel?
(a) A captain he accidentally bumps into leaving the train.
(b) A duke who steps on his toes on the train.
(c) A waiter who addresses him insolently at dinner.
(d) A belhop who drops his luggage at the hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Greg seem to like to use?

2. What does the research assistant leave near Muldoon that reveals the blind man perceives colors?

3. What does Van tell Lucette when she calls to ask to come to his room?

4. Where does Van keep Ada's communications for fifty years?

5. What occurs as Van enters the hotel to meet Ada?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Van propose about the future in his treatise on time?

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

3. How does Demon discover that Van is living with Ada?

4. When Ada telephones Van, what does she tell him?

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

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

7. What excuse does Van make up to have time alone with Ada?

8. What tragedy happened at the Villa Venus in Souvenir, Missouri?

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

10. What does Van write about in his unsent letter to Ada?

(see the answer keys)

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