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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 57, what does Horacio say he is confused about?
(a) Maga and Pola.
(b) Dreams and waking.
(c) Right and wrong.
(d) Love and dependence.

2. What absurdist writer is quoted in Chapter 145?
(a) Gombrowicz.
(b) Ionesco.
(c) Durrenmatt.
(d) Camus.

3. What is Feraguto about to purchase in Chapter 44?
(a) A car.
(b) A hospital.
(c) Another circus.
(d) A hotel.

4. What nickname does Horacio give Pola in Chapter 92?
(a) Pola Paris.
(b) Poor Rich Girl.
(c) Little Hands.
(d) Blanca.

5. In Chapter 78, Horacio becomes a salesman of what?
(a) Gabardine.
(b) Encyclopedias.
(c) Typewriters.
(d) Brandy.

6. According to Ossip in Chapter 30, which member of the Club got belligerently drunk at Rocamadour's wake?
(a) Ronald.
(b) Maga.
(c) Perico.
(d) Guy Monod.

7. What do Talita and Traveler hear outside their window at the end of Chapter 45?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A bird's call.
(c) Two lovers' arguing.
(d) Horacio singing.

8. How do Horacio and Traveler pass long stretches of free time in the asylum in Chapter 52?
(a) They argue politics.
(b) They play poker.
(c) They taunt the inmates.
(d) They read.

9. In Chapter 39, what does Horacio talk to Traveler about instead of Paris?
(a) Talita.
(b) Wine.
(c) Politics.
(d) Their childhood.

10. What country does Horacio go to before arriving in Argentina?
(a) Spain.
(b) Uruguay.
(c) Brazil.
(d) England.

11. What does Pola wonder as she and Horacio make love in Chapter 101?
(a) Why she has been feeling ill.
(b) How she can end their affair.
(c) How he makes love to Maga.
(d) What he does when thy are not together.

12. What is the name of the international organization that Ceferino Piriz wants to create?
(a) The Allied Powers.
(b) The Society of Nations.
(c) The League of Demcracies.
(d) The Peace Coalition.

13. The commentator in Chapter 147 says that what curtails human freedom?
(a) Social mores.
(b) Christian dialectics.
(c) Communism.
(d) Marriage laws.

14. Which of the following is not among Talita's preferred reading materials?
(a) Clothing catalogues.
(b) Language books.
(c) Blashemous articles.
(d) Medical journals.

15. What is the topic of the letter in the Observer in Chapter 146?
(a) Courtship.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Show horses.
(d) Modern literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 78, what is Horacio convinced about the Travelers' marriage?

2. According to Ossip in Chapter 29, when did La Maga leave her flat and likely Paris?

3. What is interspersed with the lines of Maga's book in Chapter 34?

4. In Chapter 87, a number by what musician is discussed?

5. Which two Serpent Club members appear incongruously in Chapter 102?

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