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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area of Paris is Horacio searching for La Maga in Chapter 1?
(a) Montparnasse.
(b) Ponts des Arts.
(c) Montmartre.
(d) Champs d'Elysee.

2. Chapter 65 is a dossier of which Serpent Club member?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Perico.
(c) Ossip.
(d) Etienne.

3. In Chapter 17, what does Ossip tell Maga is Horacio's problem?
(a) He is Argentinean.
(b) He cannot process life.
(c) He does not know how to love.
(d) He gets drunk too often.

4. Why does Rocamadour move in with Maga and Horacio in Chapter 19?
(a) He must attend school.
(b) He has a bad fever.
(c) Maga misses him.
(d) The old woman in the country dies.

5. What is the profession of the man who is hit by a car in Chapter 21?
(a) Writer.
(b) Day-laborer.
(c) Priest.
(d) Doctor.

6. What does Horacio do when Maga starts crying in Chapter 12?
(a) He drinks Cana.
(b) He holds Babs.
(c) He goes to sleep.
(d) He draws on the wall.

7. At the end of Chapter 24, what does Maga say she does not want to do with Rocamadour?
(a) Feed him.
(b) Send him back to the country.
(c) Hold him.
(d) Take him to a hospital.

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

9. Which philosopher does Horacio cite in his ruminations of Chapter 3?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Hume.
(d) Hegel.

10. In Chapter 7, what part of La Maga is Horacio sketching with his finger?
(a) Her mouth.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her breast.
(d) Her hand.

11. Between which two disciplines do Etienne and Horacio argue regarding conveyance of truth in Chapter 9?
(a) Philosophy and music.
(b) Art and philosophy.
(c) Art and literature.
(d) Music and literature.

12. On what subject does Horatio privately expound at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Morelli.
(b) War.
(c) Sex.
(d) Jazz.

13. According to Horacio in Chapter 2, who destroyed his philosophical quest?
(a) Morelli.
(b) Pola.
(c) Ossip.
(d) Rocamadour.

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

15. In Chapter 109, how does Morelli say he tells a character's story?
(a) Through dialogue.
(b) Through disconnected moments.
(c) Through narration.
(d) Through a succession of quotes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Horacio convince Maga to leave the flat so he can tell Ossip the child has died in Chapter 28?

2. Where does Chapter 143 take place?

3. Why is Pola dying in Chapter 27?

4. On what abstract idea does Horacio ruminate for most of Chapter 3?

5. What does one vendor in Chapter 8 warn Horacio and Maga will kill his fish?

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