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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, From the Other Side: Chapters 87, 105, 96, 94, 91, 82, 99, 35, 121, 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old man who lives above La Maga do that annoys her?
(a) Listens to the radio too loud.
(b) Coughs incessantly.
(c) Cooks smelly food.
(d) Bangs on the floor.

2. How does Horacio convince Maga to leave the flat so he can tell Ossip the child has died in Chapter 28?
(a) He tells her to get some sleep at his flat.
(b) He says he thinks he left the front door open.
(c) He asks her to pick up some cigarettes.
(d) He tells her to talk to the old man upstairs.

3. According to Horacio, what is the only time that dialectical thought is useful?
(a) After a great cataclysm.
(b) In school.
(c) In Socretes' time.
(d) In times of calm.

4. Why does Emanuele decide to perform oral sex on Horacio in Chapter 36?
(a) She wants to take revenge on her former lover.
(b) She is bored.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) She decides that he looks too sad.

5. In the Times of London article of Chapter 130, what new invention is injuring boys?
(a) The air gun.
(b) The wrist-watch.
(c) The bicycle.
(d) The zipper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 87, a number by what musician is discussed?

2. Why does Etienne get angry at Babs in Chapter 96?

3. Between which two disciplines do Etienne and Horacio argue regarding conveyance of truth in Chapter 9?

4. Who eventually talks to the old man upstairs in Chapter 28?

5. What unfortunate event has recently happened to Guy Monod in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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