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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose favorite Morelli quote is Chapter 97?
(a) Maga's.
(b) Etienne's.
(c) Horacio's.
(d) Ossip's.

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

4. According to Horacio, what is the only time that dialectical thought is useful?
(a) In times of calm.
(b) In school.
(c) In Socretes' time.
(d) After a great cataclysm.

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. Who arrives with news of Guy Monod's suicide attempt in Chapter 28?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Babs and Ronald.
(c) Perico.
(d) Wong.

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

11. Over time, what does La Maga fantasize Horacio will do during sex?
(a) Tie her up.
(b) Cry.
(c) Say he loves her.
(d) Kill her.

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

13. How does Ossip describe himself in Chapter 24?
(a) An intellect.
(b) An explorer.
(c) A lover.
(d) A voyeur.

14. Who arrives at Maga's flat with news that Guy Monod is not dead in Chapter 28?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Babs.
(c) Perico.
(d) Wong.

15. How is Ossip occupied in Chapter 11?
(a) He is arguing with Horacio.
(b) He is flirting with Maga.
(c) He is making mate.
(d) He is choosing music.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Horacio quote in Chapter 116?

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

4. Who is not with the group that walks to the listening session in Chapter 9?

5. By what controversial French thinker is the quote is Chapter 136?

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