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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of horrific execution is shown by the pictures Wong produces in Chapter 14?
(a) Flaying.
(b) Death by a thousand cuts.
(c) Living surgery.
(d) Public stoning.

2. In Chapter 137, what does Morelli exhort writers never to do in their work?
(a) Reference works of the past.
(b) Write in third person.
(c) Show off.
(d) Make a statement.

3. According to Horacio in Chapter 124, what generally happens to Morelli's characters?
(a) They are thwarted in their attempts at love.
(b) They argue with the narrator.
(c) They die.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does the narrator recall at the end of Chapter 93?
(a) The fall of the Bastille.
(b) Rocamadour's birth.
(c) La Maga and Horcio's first date.
(d) Morelli's quest for publication.

5. What are Maga and Horacio doing in the Quai de Megisserie in Chapter 8?
(a) Reading.
(b) Eating supper.
(c) Looking at goldfish.
(d) Shopping for a kettle.

6. What information does Morelli want to leave blank for the story he plans in Chapter 115?
(a) The protagonist's name.
(b) The setting.
(c) The author's name.
(d) The verbs.

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

8. What is Horacio doing in the dark in Chapter 28 when he discovers that Rocamadour has died?
(a) Changing a record.
(b) Making mate.
(c) Lighting a cigarette.
(d) Getting an aspirin.

9. Why is the Serpent Club often annoyed with La Maga?
(a) She does not know the texts they discuss.
(b) Her English and French are poor.
(c) She is keeping Horacio away from them.
(d) She dozes off during their debates.

10. What toy is Horacio looking at when he sees La Maga in his memory of Chapter 1?
(a) A box of toy soldiers.
(b) A stuffed monkey.
(c) A toy train.
(d) A jack in the box.

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

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

13. Which of the following characters stays with Maga at the end of Chapter 28?
(a) Ronald.
(b) Horacio.
(c) Ossip.
(d) Etienne.

14. On what abstract idea does Horacio ruminate for most of Chapter 3?
(a) Fate.
(b) Need.
(c) Love.
(d) Choice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Horacio admit to La Maga in Chapter 20?

2. Why can't Horacio leave Berthe Trepat as he walks her home in Chapter 23?

3. What traumatic event is related by Maga in Chapter 15?

4. According to Horacio in Chapter 2, who destroyed his philosophical quest?

5. Who arrives at Maga's flat with news that Guy Monod is not dead in Chapter 28?

(see the answer keys)

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