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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the state of Carla's virtue before Zeno's affair with her?
(a) She'd had one previous lover.
(b) She'd been intimate with many men.
(c) She'd been uninterested in the opposite sex.
(d) She was a virgin.

2. Who caught Tacich's eye as a love interest?
(a) Ada.
(b) Zeno's daughter.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Augusta.

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

4. What kind of businessman was Guido?
(a) A poor businessman,
(b) A skilled businessman who had bad luck.
(c) A skilled businessman.
(d) A businessman of average skill.

5. Who was the fourth addition to the office Zeno shared with Guido?
(a) Olivi.
(b) Maria.
(c) A bird.
(d) A dog.

6. Who asked Zeno to join him in business?
(a) Carla's husband.
(b) Olivi.
(c) Guido.
(d) Ada's new husband.

7. Why did Ada say Zeno was good?
(a) He helped Guido for free.
(b) He stopped making passes at her.
(c) He always went home to his wife and children.
(d) He loved Augusta.

8. Why does Zeno decide to give up on psychoanalysis?
(a) He thinks the treatment made him worse.
(b) He thinks the doctor is a quack.
(c) He thinks he is cured.
(d) He finds a new doctor.

9. What does Zeno do about smoking after ending his psychoanalysis sessions?
(a) He resumes making resolutions about smoking.
(b) He gives it up forever.
(c) He entices his wife to take up the habit with him.
(d) He decides to cut back on smoking instead of quitting.

10. What did the doctor say Zeno was lost without?
(a) Conflict.
(b) A modicum of hatred.
(c) A mothering influence.
(d) A woman.

11. In Chapter 4, what startling discovery did Zeno say he made?
(a) Alberta met a man she wanted to marry.
(b) Ada secretly loved him.
(c) He was unsuited to marriage.
(d) He loved Augusta as much as she loved him.

12. What does Zeno say made him work so energetically for Guido?
(a) His need for money.
(b) His gratitude.
(c) He wanted to prove his worth to Ada.
(d) He wanted to take over Guido's business.

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

14. Why didn't Copler learn of the relationship between Carla and Zeno?
(a) He moved away.
(b) He died.
(c) He ended his friendship with Zeno and stopped helping Carla.
(d) Carla moved and didn't give hime her address.

15. Who initially worked in the office with Zeno and Guido?
(a) Augusta.
(b) Luciano.
(c) Anna.
(d) Guillio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carla do with the first envelope of money Zeno offered her?

2. How did Zeno usually treat Augusta during his affair with Carla?

3. What two fears does Zeno discuss in Chapter 4?

4. How did Zeno feel when he thought of Augusta taking a second husband?

5. Which war begins at the end of this book?

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