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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. How did Zeno feel about his future wife during his engagement?

2. Who was Guido Speier?

3. Who was Tullio?

4. What idea did Zeno's wife have for helping him to quit smoking?

5. How many hours a day did Zeno tell Tullio he worked in his office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Zeno behave in the company of Giovanni's daughters?

3. What did Zeno say to Maria when she initially cried over his father's condition?

4. Why does the doctor say he published Zeno's memoirs?

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

6. How did Ada behave towards Zeno while he was intent on falling in love with her?

7. Why didn't Zeno want his father to regain consciousness after he fell ill?

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

9. Did Zeno's wife feel alarmed about Zeno's addiction to cigarettes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zeno describes a situation in which his father raised his leg to kick him.

1) How do you think this colored his relationship with his father?

2) Do you think Zeno felt in competition with his father?

3) Is this related to Zeno kicking Guido's dog? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the way Zeno feels about his father before he learns that he is dying with the way he feels about him once he learns that he is ill, and there's no hope.

Essay Topic 3

Respond to Zeno's hypochondria.

1) Why does Zeno make up or imagine illnesses?

2) Why does he want to be ill?

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