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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Zeno and Giovanna pass their time together?
(a) They argued most of the time.
(b) They had a physical fight.
(c) They talked and shared a bottle of wine.
(d) They ignored each other.

2. Who was Guido Speier?
(a) Ada's love interest.
(b) A professor.
(c) A butler.
(d) Zeno's best friend.

3. A doctor asked Zeno's father to return for a follow-up visit after a few weeks. Why didn't his father go back to the doctor?
(a) He believed the doctor was incompetent.
(b) He said the doctor's fees were astronomical.
(c) He felt better.
(d) He said doctors and grave diggers were equally odious.

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

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

6. What does Zeno describe as his second trouble?
(a) The effort he put into quitting smoking.
(b) An addiction to alcohol.
(c) A chronic sore throat.
(d) Females.

7. What was the Tergesteo?
(a) The Bourse of Trieste.
(b) The capital of Trieste.
(c) The tax authority.
(d) The university he attended.

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

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

10. Which of the following was one of the physical features Zeno liked about his fiance?
(a) The color of her hair.
(b) The slant of her eyes.
(c) Her blushes.
(d) The shape of her lips.

11. What was Guido teaching the family when Zeno professed his love for Ada?
(a) Charades.
(b) Table turning.
(c) Fortune telling.
(d) Card tricks.

12. How many commandments did Giovanni write in Zeno's notebook?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

13. How does Zeno say he used to decide when to stop smoking?
(a) He decided to quit on the first day of each week.
(b) He picked significant dates and events.
(c) He began new resolutions when he had something to celebrate.
(d) He stopped when he got sick.

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

15. How did Zeno tell his father he viewed religion?
(a) As a fairy tale.
(b) As phenomenon.
(c) As a lie.
(d) As something that has great meaning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nurse's name?

2. Whom does Zeno say was left to guard him in the sanatorium?

3. How old does Zeno say Giovanni is?

4. Who managed Zeno's father's business affairs?

5. How did Zeno feel after his future wife accepted his proposal?

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