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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, My Father's Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asked Zeno if he thought death was the end of everything?
(a) Zeno's father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Zeno's brother.
(d) A nurse.

2. How does Zeno describe the importance of cigarettes that are not a person's last?
(a) Mundane.
(b) An assertion of freedom.
(c) Depressing.
(d) Satisfying.

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

4. How old does Zeno say he was when he discovered that he hated the way cigarettes tasted and the way they made him feel?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

5. How does Zeno describe the flavor of a last cigarette?
(a) More poignant than others.
(b) Heady.
(c) Like freedom.
(d) Sweet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Zeno and Giovanna pass their time together?

2. What was Zeno's nickname for his father when he was in college?

3. What did Zeno's father do right before he died?

4. How does Zeno describe his father's death?

5. What did Zeno shout in his father's ear when he died?

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