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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Wife and Mistress.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease did Tullio have?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Rheumatism.

2. Which sister thought Zeno was mad?
(a) Alberta.
(b) Augusta.
(c) Anna.
(d) Ada.

3. How does Zeno think his father felt about Zeno's future?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Expectant.
(c) Reluctant.
(d) Optimistic.

4. Who discovered that Zeno's father was having health distress?
(a) Olivi.
(b) Zeno,
(c) Maria.
(d) Dr. Muli

5. What was the state of Carla's virtue before Zeno's affair with her?
(a) She'd been uninterested in the opposite sex.
(b) She was a virgin.
(c) She'd been intimate with many men.
(d) She'd had one previous lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Zeno cry immediately when he discovered that his father was ill?

2. How does Zeno describe the importance of cigarettes that are not a person's last?

3. How does Zeno identify Giovanni Malfenti?

4. Who asked Zeno if he thought death was the end of everything?

5. Who was Tullio?

(see the answer key)

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