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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Zeno say his father died?

2. What condition did Zeno think his father had?

3. How did Zeno get his first cigarette?

4. What does Zeno say one never talks about after getting married?

5. According to Zeno, what was the most important event of his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Zeno write about marriage and Mother Nature?

2. How did Zeno escape from the sanatorium?

3. What does Zeno write about tears and faults?

4. How does Zeno say his future father-in-law treated him?

5. Did Zeno tell Augusta that he loved her before they were married?

6. How did Zeno's wife seem to feel about the idea of him going into the sanatorium?

7. Why did Zeno become upset with the doctor who had the electricity machine?

8. What does the doctor apologize for in the preface? Why?

9. Why did Zeno's father say Zeno was mad?

10. What two events does Zeno say stopped him from stealing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zeno has a love/hate relationship with smoking. Examine the nature of a love/hate relationship.

1) Why would someone do something he hated?

2) What sort of gratification would a person get from engaging in activity that he both loved and hated?

3) How is it possible to love and hate something at the same time?

Essay Topic 2

Respond to Zeno's marriage to Augusta after asking two of her other sisters to marry him.

1) Describe the opinion you think each sister would have of him after his proposal.

2) Describe what Alberta and Ada might think of Augusta's chances for a happy marriage.

3) Describe how Augusta might feel marrying a man she loves though she knows he loves her sister.

Essay Topic 3

Zeno seems to think that death washes a person's flaws clean.

1) Give examples from the book that illustrate this thinking?

2) Why does Zeno seem to love some people more when they are dead?

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