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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Zeno miss Guido's funeral?
(a) He overslept.
(b) He was with his mistress.
(c) He was gambling.
(d) He decided not to attend.

2. What did Zeno worry that Carla would want from him?
(a) Children.
(b) Too much time.
(c) Too much money.
(d) Marriage.

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

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

5. What two fears does Zeno discuss in Chapter 4?
(a) Fear of life with only one woman.
(b) Fear that Augusta will betray him.
(c) Fear of being insignificant.
(d) The fear of growing old and dying.

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

7. After Zeno describes a particular dream, the doctor says Zeno is cured. What did the woman in his dream look like?
(a) Dark, with brown eyes.
(b) Fair, with blue eyes.
(c) Dark, with blue eyes.
(d) Like his father with a feminine face.

8. What did the doctor think about Zeno's relationship with Guido?
(a) He continuously envied him.
(b) He had never ceased disliking him.
(c) He came to regard him as a brother.
(d) He loved him.

9. 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 was a virgin.
(d) She'd been uninterested in the opposite sex.

10. What did Zeno hope Dr. Paoli would do?
(a) Agree with his other doctor.
(b) Cure him of smoking.
(c) Cure him of lust.
(d) Tell him to stop going to psychoanalysis.

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

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

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

14. In Chapter 5, what did Zeno think of Ada's babies?
(a) They were as beautiful as their mother.
(b) They were horrid monsters.
(c) They looked like Guido.
(d) They cried too much.

15. Why does Zeno say Catina called him a little Jew?
(a) He refused to lend his brother his spoon.
(b) The way he looked.
(c) He refused to give her money.
(d) She disliked Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. The name of the last female Zeno mentions flirting with is __________.

2. How many months did Zeno spend away from the office in Chapter 5?

3. Where did Copler get the money to provide for Carla's support?

4. What does Zeno say he realized with horror after giving up treatment?

5. What did Zeno think the first time Carla sang for him?

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