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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What did Zeno tell the doctor when he returned to see him the next day?
(a) Smoking no longer harmed him.
(b) He'd been unable to sleep all night.
(c) He could no longer stand the smell of cigarettes.
(d) His chronic bronchitis had broken out again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the fourth addition to the office Zeno shared with Guido?

2. Who initially worked in the office with Zeno and Guido?

3. What was Carla's financial status?

4. In Chapter 5, how does Zeno say Guido seemed to him?

5. To what does Zeno usually attribute many of his shortcomings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Zeno visit Dr. Paoli?

2. Did Zeno want to go into business with Guido?

3. How did Carla get money for her daily needs?

4. Why did Zeno become dissatisfied with psychoanalysis?

5. How does Zeno describe his home life with Augusta?

6. What effect did World War I have on Zeno's business ability?

7. How did Zeno attempt to train the dog Guido brought to the office? Why?

8. After Guido's death, what did Ada say about her feelings for him and what did she admit she felt about Augusta's relationship with Zeno?

9. Why did Carla break off the affair with Zeno?

10. How and why did Zeno meet Carla?

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