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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, what did Zeno say the freedom to smoke gave him?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Bliss.
(c) A way out of thinking.
(d) The final coup de grace.

3. How did Zeno usually treat Augusta during his affair with Carla?
(a) Coldly.
(b) Like a sister.
(c) With his customary tenderness and affection.
(d) With hostility.

4. What did Zeno think of Carla?
(a) He thought she was charming.
(b) He thought she was rude.
(c) He thought she was too passionate.
(d) He thought she was a hard nut to crack.

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

6. What did Carla do with the first envelope of money Zeno offered her?
(a) She gave it to her maid.
(b) She took it reluctantly.
(c) She refused it.
(d) She took it happily.

7. How did Zeno feel when he thought of Augusta taking a second husband?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Amused.
(d) Relieved.

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

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

10. In Chapter 6, why did Zeno leave the doctor's office smoking like a Turk?
(a) To defy the doctor.
(b) To re-educate himself.
(c) To try the doctor's experiment.
(d) To prove the doctor wrong.

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

12. What does Zeno say he realized with horror after giving up treatment?
(a) He'd stopped chasing women, except for his wife.
(b) He craved cigars.
(c) He really did hate his father.
(d) He'd lost his focus in life.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Guido want an office near the warehouse?

2. Why did Zeno leave the office for an extended time?

3. Why does Zeno say he was irritated by Guido's way of thinking?

4. In one of his memories, Zeno's father raises his leg to kick him. What or whom did Zeno kick when no one was looking?

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

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