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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Story of a Business Partnership.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of businessman was Guido?
(a) A businessman of average skill.
(b) A skilled businessman.
(c) A skilled businessman who had bad luck.
(d) A poor businessman,

2. Where was Zeno when his father died?
(a) At school.
(b) With a friend.
(c) With his father.
(d) With his mother.

3. What makes Zeno want to try Dr. Muli's cure?
(a) He wants to please his mother.
(b) He grows tired of the electrical treatments.
(c) He wants to please his father and his wife.
(d) He wants his son to find him balanced, and he's worried about Olivi leaving.

4. Who was Tullio?
(a) A crippled man.
(b) Ada's love interest.
(c) Zeno' s best friend.
(d) Ada's brother.

5. What did Ada ask Zeno to promise before she left for the sanatorium?
(a) To prevent Guido from cheating.
(b) To be faithful to Augusta.
(c) To take care of Guido.
(d) To care for her children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Carla end the affair with Zeno?

3. How did Zeno try to impress Ada and her sisters?

4. With whom did Carla live?

5. How did Zeno get his first cigarette?

(see the answer key)

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