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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. About how long does Zeno say he preserved his faith in Guido's undertaking?

2. What does Zeno do about smoking after ending his psychoanalysis sessions?

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

4. Why did the doctor say Zeno adopted smoking as his vice?

5. What did Zeno worry that Carla would want from him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the reasons Zeno went into business with Guido?

2. 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?

3. How does Zeno describe his feelings for Ada after his marriage?

4. According to Dr. S, what was Zeno's main problem? How did Dr. S determine Zeno's main problem?

5. Why did Zeno become dissatisfied with psychoanalysis?

6. What did Dr. S. say to Zeno when he ran into him by chance in Chapter 6?

7. Why did Ada go to the sanatorium?

8. Why did Zeno flirt with Teresina?

9. What did Zeno write about his truthfulness in writing his memoirs?

10. What was the state of Zeno's marriage after his affair with Carla ended?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Respond to Zeno's hypochondria.

1) Why does Zeno make up or imagine illnesses?

2) Why does he want to be ill?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Zeno want to possess all of Giovanni's daughters before he even meets them.

1) What does Zeno want from Giovanni's daughters?

2) Does he still want to possess Augusta even though he says she's ugly? Why?

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