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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. How does Zeno describe his grief when his mother died?
(a) Emotionally crippling.
(b) Overwhelmingly painful.
(c) A token to a new and intense life.
(d) Like being a frightened boy all over again.

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. What effect did Zeno think his marriage had on him at first?
(a) He believed it stifled his creative energy.
(b) He believed it made his cigarette cravings more intense.
(c) He felt it dampened his passions.
(d) He thought it put him on the road to perfect health.

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

5. How did Zeno feel when he thought of Augusta taking a second husband?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Amused.
(d) Jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours a day did Zeno tell Tullio he worked in his office?

2. Who is the main character of this book?

3. Why did Zeno buy a music book for Carla?

4. How many reasons did Zeno initially give his fiance for being late for the wedding?

5. Which sister loved Zeno?

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