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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What traumatic event is related by Maga in Chapter 15?
(a) Her childhood rape.
(b) Her last night in Montenegro.
(c) The death of her father.
(d) A miscarriage.

2. What is Horacio's philosophical goal in Paris?
(a) Living a free existence.
(b) Disproving Hegel.
(c) Discovering a unifying force in life.
(d) Showing that there is no single dialectic.

3. By what controversial French thinker is the quote is Chapter 136?
(a) The Marquis de Sade.
(b) George Bataille.
(c) Charles de Gaulle.
(d) Jean Dubuffet.

4. What language is Chapter 68 written in?
(a) Esperanto.
(b) Gliglish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

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

6. What is Horacio pasting on a lamp shade at the beginning of Chapter 84?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Notes.
(d) Pages from the Bible.

7. Why do Horatio and Maga keep their meeting plans vague?
(a) They don't want either person to be late.
(b) They want to keep open the chance of missing each other.
(c) They want to keep their relationship casual.
(d) They never leave each other for more than an hour.

8. Approximately how old is Horacio Oliveira?
(a) Fifties.
(b) Thirties.
(c) Twenties.
(d) Forties.

9. How does Ossip respond to Maga's simple question in Chapter 25?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He sighs.
(d) He ignores her.

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

11. Where is Guy Monod's mistress from?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

12. In what season do Maga and Horacio meet?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

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

14. In Chapter 84, which character does Horacio mention is gravely ill?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Berthe Trepat.
(c) Pola.
(d) Rocamadour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 71, Morelli argues that man can achieve nothing by looking to where?

2. What toy is Horacio looking at when he sees La Maga in his memory of Chapter 1?

3. In the Times of London article of Chapter 130, what new invention is injuring boys?

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

5. What is Horacio doing in the dark in Chapter 28 when he discovers that Rocamadour has died?

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