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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 idea did Zeno's wife have for helping him to quit smoking?
(a) She suggested a nicotine pill.
(b) She offered to hide his cigarettes.
(c) She suggested that he gradually cut back on his cigarette smoking.
(d) She suggested that he go into a sanatorium.

2. Whom does Zeno say was left to guard him in the sanatorium?
(a) Olivi.
(b) Giovanna.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) Marla.

3. As time goes on, Zeno found new ways to justify his relationship with Carla. What was one of them?
(a) Augusta was unkind to him.
(b) It made him more loving to Augusta.
(c) Carla restored him to good health.
(d) Augusta wasn't passionate enough.

4. What did Zeno think of Carla?
(a) He thought she was a hard nut to crack.
(b) He thought she was charming.
(c) He thought she was rude.
(d) He thought she was too passionate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long does Zeno say he preserved his faith in Guido's undertaking?

2. How does Zeno say he came to steal?

3. Why does Zeno say he was irritated by Guido's way of thinking?

4. What change did Zeno and Augusta disagree about?

5. How many cigarettes did Zeno take to the sanatorium?

(see the answer key)

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