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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. ______________was sent to get the doctor when Zeno's father became ill.
(a) Zeno.
(b) The gardener.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Maria.

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

3. Why is Zeno keeping a journal?
(a) To analyze his weakness for smoking.
(b) To confess about bad habits.
(c) To become a published writer.
(d) To analyze his love for wine.

4. According to Zeno's estimation, how old was his father's doctor?
(a) In his seventies.
(b) In his thirties.
(c) Not more than forty.
(d) Not much older than twenty.

5. Whose idea was it to get the doctor when Zeno's father became ill?
(a) Olivi's.
(b) Zeno's
(c) The neighbor's.
(d) Maria's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the doctor who cared for Zeno's father until his death?

3. When Zeno became ill with a painful sore throat and a fever, what did he resolve to do?

4. What did the doctor say when Zeno asked him whether there was any hope?

5. How did Zeno escape the sanatorium?

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