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

2. Who eventually talks to the old man upstairs in Chapter 28?
(a) Maga.
(b) Etienne.
(c) Ossip.
(d) Horacio.

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

4. Why does Maga say she won't go to sleep in Chapter 26?
(a) She is not tired.
(b) Rocamadour is still sick.
(c) It would be rude to Ossip.
(d) Horacio will be back for his things.

5. According to Horacio in Chapter 2, who destroyed his philosophical quest?
(a) Rocamadour.
(b) Ossip.
(c) Pola.
(d) Morelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what item do Maga and Horacio have in impromptu funeral in Chapter 1?

2. What area of Paris is Horacio searching for La Maga in Chapter 1?

3. Approximately how old is Horacio Oliveira?

4. How does Berthe Trepat respond to Horacio's offer of a hotel at the end of Chapter 23?

5. What casual act of brutality does Ireneo commit in Chapter 120?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the reader made aware of Rocamadour's death in Chapter 28?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the Serpent Club relate to La Maga?

8. What conversation regarding their relationship do Maga and Horacio have in Chapter 20?

9. How does Wong's torture photos affect Horatio's mood for the worse?

10. Why does La Maga feel responsible for Pola's death in Chapter 27?

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