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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. What are Maga and Horacio doing in the Quai de Megisserie in Chapter 8?
(a) Eating supper.
(b) Shopping for a kettle.
(c) Reading.
(d) Looking at goldfish.

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

3. In Chapter 84, which character does Horacio mention is gravely ill?
(a) Pola.
(b) Rocamadour.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Berthe Trepat.

4. In the Times of London article of Chapter 130, what new invention is injuring boys?
(a) The bicycle.
(b) The air gun.
(c) The zipper.
(d) The wrist-watch.

5. In Chapter 93, what does La Maga fear is becoming an obsession for Horacio?
(a) Parisian life.
(b) Dialectics.
(c) Her.
(d) Morelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Horacio in Chapter 2, who destroyed his philosophical quest?

2. How many pieces of the music recital in Chapter 23 are written by Berthe Trepat?

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

4. Why does Maga say she won't go to sleep in Chapter 26?

5. In Chapter 109, how does Morelli say he tells a character's story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Horacio become resentful of La Maga in Chapter 12?

3. How does Horacio meet Berthe Trepat?

4. Why are Maga and Horacio so affected by the fish in Chapter 8?

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

6. Why does Horacio choose not to help Etienne in Chapter 90?

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

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

9. How does Horacio's state of mind change over the course of this section?

10. What event is taking place in this section?

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