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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zeno say he felt when he discovered that he did not have the disease he expected?
(a) Happy.
(b) More confused than ever.
(c) Young again.
(d) Lonely.

2. What did Zeno tire of doing on his honeymoon?
(a) Reassuring his wife.
(b) Spending money.
(c) Going to museums.
(d) Kissing his wife.

3. With whom did Carla live?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) Her father.

4. To what did the doctor attribute Zeno's problems?
(a) A chemical imbalance.
(b) Being too stubborn.
(c) Hating himself.
(d) Being in love with his mother and wanting to kill his father--oedipal complex.

5. How did Zeno attempt to fool the doctor?
(a) By pretending he'd dreamed of Augusta.
(b) By pretending he'd dreamed of killing his father.
(c) By pretending he'd dreamed of sucking on a woman's left foot.
(d) By pretending he'd dreamed of Carla.

6. What did the doctor say about the effect of cigarette smoking on Zeno?
(a) It was damaging his lungs.
(b) It did not hurt him at all.
(c) It was an excuse for wrong doing.
(d) It was poisoning his blood.

7. Why didn't Guido want an office near the warehouse?
(a) He said they were too expensive.
(b) He said they smelled badly.
(c) He didn't want his wife to drop by.
(d) He said they were too close to home.

8. Why does Zeno think Carmen screamed on the boat?
(a) She was afraid of the dark.
(b) Guido squeezed her.
(c) She caught a fish.
(d) She was angry with Zeno.

9. How did Ada's illness make Augusta's family act towards Zeno?
(a) More affectionately.
(b) Cold.
(c) Guilty.
(d) No differently.

10. How many months did Zeno spend away from the office in Chapter 5?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Five months.
(d) One month.

11. After Zeno describes a particular dream to the doctor, the doctor says Zeno is cured. What was Zeno in the dream?
(a) His father.
(b) Guido.
(c) A woman.
(d) A baby.

12. Where did Copler get the money to provide for Carla's support?
(a) From his father.
(b) From his friends and other sympathetic people.
(c) From his financial advisor.
(d) From his own bank account.

13. How did the doctor think Zeno really felt about Giovanni?
(a) He thought Zeno really hated him.
(b) He thought Zeno loved Giovanni more than his father.
(c) He felt that Zeno was jealous of him.
(d) He thought Zeno regretted being bad good son-in-law.

14. What disease did Zeno think Dr. Paoli might diagnose him with?
(a) Grave's disease.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Turberculosis.

15. What did Zeno tell himself he was going to do when he visited Carla for the third time?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Make love to her.
(c) Give her up.
(d) Confess his love for his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who caught Tacich's eye as a love interest?

2. What did Ada ask Zeno to promise before she left for the sanatorium?

3. In Chapter 4, what startling discovery did Zeno say he made?

4. What did the doctor say Zeno was lost without?

5. What does Zeno say made him work so energetically for Guido?

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