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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two items does Horacio asks Traveler for in Chapter 41?
(a) Eggs and yerba.
(b) Yerba and nails.
(c) Cana and eggs.
(d) Nails and Cana.

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

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

4. Which of the following is not a topic upon which Morelli expounds in Chapter 154?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) His own writing.
(c) Algeria.
(d) Chess.

5. Which two characters attempt to analyze Maga in Chapter 142?
(a) Horacio and Ossip.
(b) Ronald and Etienne.
(c) Ronald and Babs.
(d) Ossip and Etienne.

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

7. What type of circus attraction does Manolo Traveler manage?
(a) A cat that counts.
(b) A dog that talks.
(c) A tiger that dances.
(d) A spider that knits.

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

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

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

11. Why does Emanuele decide to perform oral sex on Horacio in Chapter 36?
(a) She decides that he looks too sad.
(b) She is drunk.
(c) She wants to take revenge on her former lover.
(d) She is bored.

12. What part of Pola most captivates Horacio when he meets her in Chapter 76?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her feet.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her hands.

13. What does Horacio do with toothpaste in Chapter 75?
(a) Draws on a mirror.
(b) Brushes his teeth.
(c) Puts a mustache on Gekrepten.
(d) Writes on the walls.

14. What sin does Ossip accuse Horacio of in Chapter 31?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Lust.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Delusion.

15. Who does Horacio call to talk about his dream in Chapter 100?
(a) Traveler.
(b) Ossip.
(c) Etienne.
(d) La Maga.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Horacio do between Chapters 56 and 135?

3. In Chapter 50, what misapprehension do both Horacio and Remorino have about each other?

4. What part of Pola does Horacio kiss in Chapter 64?

5. Which of the following is not a possibility for Maga's face that Ossip implies in Chapter 29?

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