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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What South American city is La Maga originally from?
(a) Caracas.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) Montevideo.
(d) Santiago.

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

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

7. 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 get some sleep at his flat.
(c) He says he thinks he left the front door open.
(d) He tells her to talk to the old man upstairs.

8. How does Berthe Trepat respond to Horacio's offer of a hotel at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) She slaps him.
(b) She kisses him.
(c) She wanders away, dazed.
(d) She politely declines.

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

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

11. Who does Horacio quote in Chapter 116?
(a) Louis Armstrong.
(b) Morelli.
(c) Maga.
(d) Shoppenhauer.

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

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

14. What do Ossip, Maga, and Horacio drink in Chapter 28?
(a) Water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cana.

15. What type of garden does the writer in Chapter 134 recommend to beginners?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what subject does Horatio privately expound at the end of Chapter 17?

2. In Chapter 62, Morelli says he has done away with what in his characters?

3. In Chapter 16, who joins Horacio in mocking Maga's story?

4. Who eventually talks to the old man upstairs in Chapter 28?

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

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