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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 decisive action did Carla take to end her affair with Zeno?
(a) She told Zeno's wife about the affair.
(b) She married Lali.
(c) She moved away.
(d) She told Ada about the affair.

2. How does Zeno describe his past troubles with women?
(a) He desired all of them.
(b) He didn't like them.
(c) He was shy around them.
(d) They didn't like him.

3. What does Zeno say one never talks about after getting married?
(a) Illnesses.
(b) Prior Relationships.
(c) Love.
(d) Passion.

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

5. Who was Enrico Copler?
(a) Augusta's love interest.
(b) Zeno's sick friend.
(c) Zeno's rival.
(d) Zeno's accountant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Zeno say died soon after he was married?

2. How does Zeno say he came to steal?

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

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?

5. ______________was sent to get the doctor when Zeno's father became ill.

(see the answer key)

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