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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, From This Side: Chapters 37, 98, 38, 39, 86, 78, 40, 59, 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mythical creature do Maga and Horacio playfully turn each other into in Chapter 7?
(a) A cyclops.
(b) A hydra.
(c) A satyr.
(d) A centaur.

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

3. What literary convention does Morelli decry in Chapter 112?
(a) Past tense.
(b) Rhetoric.
(c) Punctuation.
(d) Allegory.

4. What part of Pola does Horacio kiss in Chapter 64?
(a) Her breast.
(b) Her foot.
(c) Her hand.
(d) Her lips.

5. What image does Horacio use in Chapter 73 to describe the meaninglessness of intellectual life in Paris?
(a) Idiotic musings.
(b) Scentless perfume.
(c) Silent music.
(d) Colorless fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how old is Horacio Oliveira?

2. What type of circus attraction does Manolo Traveler manage?

3. What does Maga tell Horacio when he leaves her flat at the end of Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 2, where does Rocamadour live before coming to live with Horacio and Maga?

5. How does Ossip respond to Maga's simple question in Chapter 25?

(see the answer key)

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