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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Horacio convince Maga to leave the flat so he can tell Ossip the child has died in Chapter 28?
(a) He says he thinks he left the front door open.
(b) He tells her to get some sleep at his flat.
(c) He asks her to pick up some cigarettes.
(d) He tells her to talk to the old man upstairs.

3. What does Horacio admit to La Maga in Chapter 20?
(a) He is returning to Argentina.
(b) He thinks she is an idiot.
(c) He suspects her of seeing Ossip.
(d) He has another lover.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which two disciplines do Etienne and Horacio argue regarding conveyance of truth in Chapter 9?

2. Who is Rocamadour?

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

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

5. How does Guy Monod attempt to kill himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event is taking place in this section?

2. What is the Club's Principle problem with the theories of Morelli, as stated in Chapter 141?

3. What news do Babs and Ronald bring to Maga's apartment in Chapter 28?

4. In Chapter 115, what surrogate experience does Morelli describe?

5. What awful event does Maga describe in Chapter 15?

6. How does Maga and Horacio's sex life become eerily unhealthy in Chapter 5?

7. How is the reader introduced to Manolo Traveler in Chapter 143?

8. What is Horacio's goal for living in Paris?

9. Why does Horacio get slapped by Bertha Trepat in Chapter 23?

10. Why does Ossip apologize to Maga in Chapter 24?

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