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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 141, the Club offers what complaint about Morelli as a theorist?
(a) He detests women.
(b) He dismisses all of the old canon.
(c) He has never produced a full novel.
(d) He offers no new ideas to replace the old.

2. Which of the following names does not appear on Morelli's list of acknowledgments in Chapter 60?
(a) Oliveira.
(b) Armstrong.
(c) Bunuel.
(d) Suzuki.

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

4. Where does Chapter 143 take place?
(a) Montevideo.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Buenos Aires.

5. What does one vendor in Chapter 8 warn Horacio and Maga will kill his fish?
(a) Hot weather.
(b) Cold water.
(c) Larger fish.
(d) Loneliness.

6. Why is Pola dying in Chapter 27?
(a) She has breast cancer.
(b) She is very old.
(c) She has typhus.
(d) She is run down by a car.

7. Who is playing in Chapter 13?
(a) John Coltrane.
(b) Satchmo.
(c) Bessie Coleman.
(d) Miles Davis.

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

9. What does Horacio admit to La Maga in Chapter 20?
(a) He is returning to Argentina.
(b) He has another lover.
(c) He thinks she is an idiot.
(d) He suspects her of seeing Ossip.

10. What does Maga tell Horacio when he leaves her flat at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) She still loves him.
(b) She is going to see Ossip.
(c) Not to return.
(d) Bring milk back for Rocomadour.

11. Who is Valentin?
(a) Maga's landlord.
(b) Ossip's father.
(c) Berthe's friend.
(d) Horacio's typist.

12. In Chapter 4, what new information about herself does La Maga tell Horacio?
(a) She is from Uruguay.
(b) She came to Paris to find happiness.
(c) She has a child.
(d) She does not love him.

13. 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.

14. In Chapter 15, Horatio privately wonders whether his education has turned him into what?
(a) A fool.
(b) A prude.
(c) An egotist.
(d) A cretin.

15. Where do Horatio and La Maga meet at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) A cafe.
(b) Her flat.
(c) A theatre.
(d) A park bench.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Horacio and La Maga making love at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. How many audience members - including Horacio - are left in the auditorium at the end of the recital in Chapter 23?

3. What information does Morelli want to leave blank for the story he plans in Chapter 115?

4. Which philosopher does Horacio cite in his ruminations of Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 7, what part of La Maga is Horacio sketching with his finger?

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