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

2. Against whom is the polemic of Chapter 89?
(a) De Gaulle.
(b) Randolph Hearst.
(c) The Eastern bloc.
(d) The pope.

3. What part of Pola does Horacio kiss in Chapter 64?
(a) Her breast.
(b) Her foot.
(c) Her hand.
(d) Her lips.

4. In Chapter 78, what is Horacio convinced about the Travelers' marriage?
(a) It is unknowable to anyone on the outside.
(b) It is a perfect union.
(c) Its intimacy is a facade.
(d) It is dull and lifeless.

5. In Chapter 39, what does Horacio talk to Traveler about instead of Paris?
(a) Wine.
(b) Their childhood.
(c) Talita.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Morelli excited to see Horacio in Chapter 154?

2. What absurdist writer is quoted in Chapter 145?

3. Why does Horacio decide to move in with Gekrepten in Chapter 78?

4. In Chapter 46, what does Traveler protest that he will never do to Horacio?

5. Who joins Horacio in visiting the old writer at Necker Hospital in Chapter 155?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two meanings of the term hopscotch appear in the first book?

2. How does the novel end?

3. How does the Serpent Club's final gathering end?

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

5. What legal formality takes place in Chapter 51?

6. How is the prose style of Chapter 34 unusual?

7. Why are Etienne and Horacio shocked when they get to the old writers room in Chapter in 154?

8. How does Traveler's codependency with Horacio manifest itself in this section?

9. How does Horacio settle in Buenos Aires in this section?

10. What cold comfort does Horacio offer La Maga in Chapter 108?

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