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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 is interspersed with the lines of Maga's book in Chapter 34?
(a) A series of notes made by Ossip.
(b) A second novel.
(c) A poem she wrote.
(d) Horacio's thoughts.

2. Which character gets trapped between two windows in Chapter 41?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Gekrepten.
(c) Talita.
(d) Traveler.

3. With whom is Horacio spending most of his time in Chapter 49?
(a) The counting cat.
(b) Traveler.
(c) Feragatu.
(d) Gekrepten.

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

5. Who makes a speech about it being a momentous night in Chapter 96?
(a) Babs.
(b) Perico.
(c) Horacio.
(d) Ronald.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two characters attempt to analyze Maga in Chapter 142?

2. According to Gabio Basso in Chapter 148, the root of the word person originally meant what?

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

4. What does Morelli give Horacio to take to the writer's flat in Chapter 154?

5. What nickname does Horacio give Pola in Chapter 92?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revolutionary about Morelli's forthcoming book?

2. Describe Horacio's dream in Chapter 100.

3. What is Horacio's state of mind in this section?

4. Professionally, what changes for Traveler, Horacio and Talita in this section?

5. How does Horacio get arrested at the Ponts des Arts in Chapter 36?

6. Why is the Morelli argument in Chapter 99 a relief to Horacio?

7. Describe the argument that Ossip and Horacio have in this section.

8. Who is Pola, and how does she know Horacio?

9. What dream does Horacio have in Chapter 123, and what does Etienne take from it?

10. What is revealed in the tape recording of Chapter 47?

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